Bill Text: TX SB1784 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to the deduction from applied income of compensation paid to guardians of certain Medicaid recipients.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-02 - Effective immediately [SB1784 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB1784-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to the deduction from applied income of compensation paid to guardians of certain Medicaid recipients.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-02 - Effective immediately [SB1784 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB1784-Comm_Sub.html
By: Zaffirini | S.B. No. 1784 | |
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relating to the deduction from applied income of compensation paid | ||
to guardians of certain Medicaid recipients. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 1155.202(a), Estates Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title and to | ||
the extent permitted by federal law, a court that appoints a | ||
guardian for a recipient of medical assistance who has applied | ||
income may order the following to be deducted as an additional | ||
personal needs allowance in the computation of the recipient's | ||
applied income in accordance with Section 32.02451, Human Resources | ||
Code: | ||
(1) compensation to the guardian in an amount not to | ||
exceed $250 [ |
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(2) costs directly related to establishing or | ||
terminating the guardianship, not to exceed $1,000 except as | ||
provided by Subsection (b); and | ||
(3) other administrative costs related to the | ||
guardianship, not to exceed $1,000 during any three-year period. | ||
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply to a | ||
guardianship created before, on, or after the effective date of | ||
this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |