Bill Text: TX HB829 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the period of continuous eligibility for the medical assistance program.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-25 - Referred to Human Services [HB829 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB829-Introduced.html
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| By: Rose | H.B. No. 829 | |
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| relating to the period of continuous eligibility for the medical | ||
| assistance program. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 32.0261, Human Resources Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 32.0261. CONTINUOUS ELIGIBILITY. The executive | ||
| commissioner shall adopt rules in accordance with 42 U.S.C. Section | ||
| 1396a(e)(12), as amended, to provide for a period of continuous | ||
| eligibility for a child under 19 years of age who is determined to | ||
| be eligible for medical assistance under this chapter. The rules | ||
| shall provide that the child remains eligible for medical | ||
| assistance, without additional review by the commission and | ||
| regardless of changes in the child's resources or income, until the | ||
| earlier of: | ||
| (1) the first anniversary of [ |
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| determined; or | ||
| (2) the child's 19th birthday. | ||
| SECTION 2. If before implementing any provision of this Act | ||
| a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a | ||
| federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, | ||
| the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or | ||
| authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the | ||
| waiver or authorization is granted. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
