Bill Text: TX SB141 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to the Medicaid eligibility of certain women after a pregnancy.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-03 - Referred to Health & Human Services [SB141 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-SB141-Introduced.html
  87R1921 KKR-D
 
  By: Johnson S.B. No. 141
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  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
  last month of the woman's pregnancy.
         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.
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