81R369 KLA-D
By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 30
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the restoration of the medically needy program under
the state Medicaid program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 32.024(i), Human Resources Code, as
amended by Chapters 198 (H.B. 2292) and 1251 (S.B. 1862), Acts of
the 78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, is reenacted and
amended to read as follows:
(i) The [Subject to appropriated state funds, the]
department in its adoption of rules shall establish a medically
needy program that serves pregnant women, children, and caretakers
who have high medical expenses. The program must serve recipients,
including adult recipients, in the same manner and at the same level
that services were provided to recipients under the medically needy
program during the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2003.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.