81R2022 UM-F
By: Pitts H.B. No. 4588
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requiring the Department of Family and Protective
Services to apply for Medicaid for certain children in the
conservatorship of the state.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 264, Family Code, is
amended by adding Section 264.1011 to read as follows:
Sec. 264.1011. MEDICAL ASSISTANCE FOR CHILDREN IN STATE
CUSTODY. To the fullest extent possible in accordance with federal
law, the department shall apply for medical assistance under
Chapter 32, Human Resources Code, on behalf of a child that is not
covered by a health benefits plan and:
(1) for whom the department has initiated a suit and
has been named managing conservator under an order rendered under
this title; or
(2) who is under the placement and care of a state
agency or political subdivision with which the department has
entered into an agreement to reimburse the cost of care and
supervision of the child.
SECTION 2. 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, 2009.