Bill Text: TX SB134 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the Medicaid eligibility of certain women after a pregnancy.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-15 - Referred to Health & Human Services [SB134 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB134-Introduced.html
| By: West | S.B. No. 134 | |
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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. | ||
