84R12343 KFF-F
By: Burns H.B. No. 3847
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to seeking federal authorization to fund the Medicaid
program through a block grant funding system.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subtitle I, Title 4, Government Code, is amended
by adding Chapter 540 to read as follows:
CHAPTER 540. FEDERAL WAIVER FOR BLOCK GRANT FUNDING OF MEDICAID
PROGRAM
Sec. 540.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "Medicaid
program" means the medical assistance program established under
Title XIX, Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1396 et seq.).
Sec. 540.002. FEDERAL AUTHORIZATION FOR BLOCK GRANT FUNDING
SYSTEM FOR MEDICAID PROGRAM. Notwithstanding any other law, the
executive commissioner shall negotiate with the United States
secretary of health and human services, the federal Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid Services, and other appropriate persons for
purposes of seeking a waiver or other authorization necessary to
operate the Medicaid program under a block grant funding system.
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, 2015.