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1	1	81R14653 ALB-F
2	2	By: Villarreal, Naishtat H.B. No. 892
3	3	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 892:
4	4	By: Rose C.S.H.B. No. 892
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6	6
7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to the Women's Health Program.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government Code, is
12	12	amended by adding Section 531.095 to read as follows:
13	13	Sec. 531.095. IMPLEMENTATION OF MEASURES TO ACHIEVE
14	14	CASELOAD AND COST-SAVINGS ESTIMATES. (a) To attain the state and
15	15	federal cost-savings and reduced rates of unintended pregnancies
16	16	estimated in the waiver application, or any renewal waiver
17	17	application, submitted to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
18	18	Services for implementation of the demonstration project
19	19	authorized under Section 32.0248, Human Resources Code, the
20	20	commission shall implement effective education, outreach, and
21	21	other measures designed to increase participation in the
22	22	demonstration project and through the increased participation
23	23	achieve the caseload and cost-saving estimates stated in the waiver
24	24	application.
25	25	(b) The commission, in complying with Subsection (a), may
26	26	not take any action to decrease the level of programs and services
27	27	designed to reduce the number of unintended pregnancies and lower
28	28	the rates of sexually transmitted diseases to below the level of
29	29	programs and services provided on September 1, 2009.
30	30	SECTION 2. Section 32.0248, Human Resources Code, is
31	31	amended by adding Subsections (b-1), (b-2), and (b-3) to read as
32	32	follows:
33	33	(b-1) The department shall identify women potentially
34	34	eligible for participation in the demonstration project following
35	35	pregnancies for which the women received benefits through the
36	36	medical assistance program and assist those women in establishing
37	37	eligibility for the demonstration project. Benefits received
38	38	through the demonstration project shall begin on the first day of
39	39	the month following termination of eligibility for the medical
40	40	assistance program.
41	41	(b-2) The department shall modify any applicable
42	42	administrative procedures to ensure that a woman described by
43	43	Subsection (b-1) maintains continuous eligibility for any services
44	44	provided by both the medical assistance program and the
45	45	demonstration project during the transition from participation in
46	46	the medical assistance program to participation in the
47	47	demonstration project.
48	48	(b-3) The department shall require any entity that provides
49	49	information and services to participants in the medical assistance
50	50	program to provide the following information to women who are
51	51	potentially eligible for the demonstration project:
52	52	(1) a description of benefits available through the
53	53	demonstration project; and
54	54	(2) information on how to apply for enrollment in the
55	55	demonstration project.
56	56	SECTION 3. If before implementing any provision of this Act
57	57	a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a
58	58	federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision,
59	59	the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or
60	60	authorization in a timely manner and may delay implementing that
61	61	provision until the waiver or authorization is granted.
62	62	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.