Bill Text: TX SB51 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to financial eligibility for the Texas home living (TxHmL) waiver program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-24 - Referred to Health & Human Services [SB51 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-SB51-Introduced.html
  85R2966 MM-D
 
  By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 51
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to financial eligibility for the Texas home living (TxHmL)
  waiver program.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 32, Human Resources Code,
  is amended by adding Section 32.0521 to read as follows:
         Sec. 32.0521.  FINANCIAL ELIGIBILITY FOR TEXAS HOME LIVING
  (TxHmL) WAIVER PROGRAM. A person is financially eligible to
  participate in the Texas home living (TxHmL) waiver program if the
  person's income is not more than 300 percent of the monthly income
  limit for eligibility for Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
  benefits under 42 U.S.C. Section 1381 et seq.
         SECTION 2.  If before implementing any provision of this Act
  a state agency determines that a waiver, an amendment to an existing
  waiver, or another authorization from a federal agency is necessary
  for implementation of that provision, the agency affected by the
  provision shall request the waiver, amendment to the existing
  waiver, or other authorization and may delay implementing that
  provision until the waiver, amendment, or authorization is granted.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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