85R1728 KKR-D
By: Davis of Harris H.B. No. 1158
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the content of an application for Medicaid.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 32.025, Human Resources Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
(g) The application form adopted under this section must
include:
(1) for an applicant who is pregnant, a question
regarding whether the pregnancy is the woman's first gestational
pregnancy; and
(2) a question regarding the applicant's preferences
for being contacted, as follows:
"If you are determined eligible for benefits, do
you want your managed care organization or health plan provider to
contact you by telephone, text message, or e-mail about health care
matters, including reminders for appointments and information
about immunizations or well check visits? Telephone calls and text
messages may be autodialed. Please indicate your preferences
below:
(1) By telephone? Yes No
Telephone number: _____________
(2) By text message (a free autodialed service, but
your carrier may charge message and data rates)? Yes No
Cellular telephone number: ______________
(3) By e-mail? Yes No
E-mail address: __________________".
SECTION 2. Not later than January 1, 2018, the executive
commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall
adopt a revised application form for medical assistance benefits
that conforms to the requirements of Section 32.025(g), Human
Resources Code, as added by this Act.
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 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, 2017.