Bill Text: TX SB124 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the Medicaid eligibility of certain women during and following a pregnancy.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-01 - Co-author authorized [SB124 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB124-Introduced.html
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| By: Alvarado, et al. | S.B. No. 124 | |
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| relating to the Medicaid eligibility of certain women during and | ||
| following a pregnancy. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 32.024(l-1), Human Resources Code, is | ||
| amended 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 [ |
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| following the last month of the woman's pregnancy. The commission | ||
| shall actively seek, apply for, accept, and spend any federal money | ||
| that is available to implement this subsection, including any | ||
| additional money received as a result of an increase in the federal | ||
| medical assistance percentage (FMAP) [ |
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| SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 32, Human Resources Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 32.02472 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 32.02472. ELIGIBILITY OF CERTAIN PREGNANT WOMEN | ||
| LAWFULLY PRESENT IN THE UNITED STATES. To the extent allowed by | ||
| federal law, the commission shall provide medical assistance for | ||
| pregnant women to an individual who is pregnant and is lawfully | ||
| present in the United States, or lawfully residing in the United | ||
| States as defined by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid | ||
| Services, including a battered alien under 8 U.S.C. Section | ||
| 1641(c), regardless of the date the individual entered the United | ||
| States. | ||
| SECTION 3. 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 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
