Bill Text: TX HJR86 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the state to expand eligibility for Medicaid to all persons for whom federal matching money is available.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-11 - Referred to Appropriations [HJR86 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HJR86-Introduced.html

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87R6583 MM-D
By: Larson H.J.R. No. 86

A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the state to expand
eligibility for Medicaid to all persons for whom federal matching
money is available.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article XVI, Texas Constitution, is amended by
adding Section 74 to read as follows:
Sec. 74. The state shall provide medical assistance under
the federal Medicaid program to all persons who apply for that
assistance and for whom federal matching money is available.
SECTION 2. The following temporary provision is added to
the Texas Constitution:
TEMPORARY PROVISION. (a) This temporary provision applies
to the constitutional amendment proposed by the 87th Legislature,
Regular Session, 2021, requiring the state to expand eligibility
for Medicaid to all persons for whom federal matching money is
available.
(b) Section 74, Article XVI, of this constitution takes
effect January 1, 2022.
(c) This temporary provision expires January 1, 2023.
SECTION 3. 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 requiring the state to
expand eligibility for Medicaid to all persons for whom federal
matching money is available."