Bill Text: TX HJR130 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the state from expanding eligibility for Medicaid under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 12-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-22 - Referred to Appropriations [HJR130 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HJR130-Introduced.html

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87R4382 BDP-D
By: Cain H.J.R. No. 130

A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the state from
expanding eligibility for Medicaid under the federal Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 51-a, Article III, Texas Constitution,
is amended by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
(b-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (b) of this section, the
state may not provide medical assistance to any person who became
newly eligible for that assistance under the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act (Pub. L. No. 111-148), as amended by the Health
Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Pub. L.
No. 111-152), but would not be eligible for that assistance under
the eligibility criteria in effect in this state on January 1, 2021.
SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 2, 2021.
The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the
proposition: "The constitutional amendment prohibiting the state
from expanding eligibility for Medicaid under the federal Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act."