Bill Text: TX SB343 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the expansion of eligibility for Medicaid to all individuals for whom federal matching money is available.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-15 - Referred to Health & Human Services [SB343 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB343-Introduced.html
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| By: Johnson | S.B. No. 343 | |
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| relating to the expansion of eligibility for Medicaid to all | ||
| individuals for whom federal matching money is available. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 531.02121 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 531.02121. EXPANDED ELIGIBILITY FOR MEDICAID. The | ||
| executive commissioner shall prepare and seek a waiver to the state | ||
| Medicaid plan under Section 1115 of the Social Security Act (42 | ||
| U.S.C. Section 1315) or other applicable federal law to expand to | ||
| the maximum extent permitted by federal law the categories of | ||
| individuals eligible for Medicaid benefits to include all | ||
| individuals for whom federal matching funds are available. The | ||
| waiver must be designed to: | ||
| (1) maximize the reduction in the number of uninsured | ||
| residents of this state; | ||
| (2) promote personal responsibility with respect to | ||
| health care; | ||
| (3) increase the efficiency of the delivery of health | ||
| care services; | ||
| (4) increase the accessibility of health care | ||
| services; and | ||
| (5) reduce health care costs. | ||
| SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
| of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human | ||
| Services Commission shall apply for and actively pursue the waiver | ||
| required by Section 531.02121, Government Code, as added by this | ||
| Act, from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services or any | ||
| other federal agency. The commission may delay implementing Section | ||
| 531.02121, Government Code, as added by this Act, until the waiver | ||
| applied for under this section is granted. | ||
| 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, 2023. | ||
