82R7450 ALB-D
By: Dutton H.B. No. 1512
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an electronic record of eligibility for Medicaid
benefits.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 531.0451 to read as follows:
Sec. 531.0451. ELECTRONIC RECORD OF ELIGIBILITY. The
executive commissioner shall adopt rules to establish a system by
which a Medicaid recipient's eligibility for benefits, including
medical care identification information, is electronically coded
to a card similar to the Lone Star card. The rules must provide for
the following:
(1) after making an initial eligibility
determination, the commission shall include the card in the
materials mailed to the recipient with the written notice of
eligibility;
(2) the recipient's periodic eligibility
redetermination is electronically coded to the card; and
(3) the card replaces any eligibility redetermination
notice, Form H3087, or other written notice of continuing
eligibility.
SECTION 2. The executive commissioner of the Health and
Human Services Commission shall adopt rules required by Section
531.0451, Government Code, as added by this Act, not later than
December 31, 2011.
SECTION 3. If before implementing any provision of this Act
a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a
federal agency is necessary for the implementation of that
provision, the agency affected by the provision shall request the
waiver or authorization and may delay implementing that provision
until the waiver or authorization is granted.
SECTION 4. 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, 2011.