| 1 | 1 | | 81R2022 UM-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Pitts H.B. No. 4588 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to requiring the Department of Family and Protective |
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| 8 | 8 | | Services to apply for Medicaid for certain children in the |
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| 9 | 9 | | conservatorship of the state. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 264, Family Code, is |
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| 12 | 12 | | amended by adding Section 264.1011 to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | Sec. 264.1011. MEDICAL ASSISTANCE FOR CHILDREN IN STATE |
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| 14 | 14 | | CUSTODY. To the fullest extent possible in accordance with federal |
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| 15 | 15 | | law, the department shall apply for medical assistance under |
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| 16 | 16 | | Chapter 32, Human Resources Code, on behalf of a child that is not |
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| 17 | 17 | | covered by a health benefits plan and: |
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| 18 | 18 | | (1) for whom the department has initiated a suit and |
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| 19 | 19 | | has been named managing conservator under an order rendered under |
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| 20 | 20 | | this title; or |
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| 21 | 21 | | (2) who is under the placement and care of a state |
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| 22 | 22 | | agency or political subdivision with which the department has |
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| 23 | 23 | | entered into an agreement to reimburse the cost of care and |
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| 24 | 24 | | supervision of the child. |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 26 | 26 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 27 | 27 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 28 | 28 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 29 | 29 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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