Bill Text: TX HB98 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the Medicaid eligibility of certain women after a pregnancy.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-02-25 - Referred to Human Services [HB98 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB98-Introduced.html
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By: Ortega | H.B. No. 98 |
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relating to the Medicaid eligibility of certain women after a | ||
pregnancy. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 32.024, Human Resources Code, is amended | ||
by adding Subsection (l-1) to read as follows: | ||
(l-1) The commission shall continue to provide medical | ||
assistance to a woman who is eligible for medical assistance for | ||
pregnant women for a period of not less than 12 months following the | ||
date the woman delivers or experiences an involuntary miscarriage. | ||
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, 2021. |