Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1158 Compare Versions

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1	1	85R18620 KKR-D
2	2	By: Davis of Harris H.B. No. 1158
3	3	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1158:
4	4	By: Price C.S.H.B. No. 1158
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to the content of an application for Medicaid.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Section 32.025, Human Resources Code, is amended
12	12	by adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
13	13	(g) The application form adopted under this section must
14	14	include:
15	15	(1) for an applicant who is pregnant, a question
16	16	regarding whether the pregnancy is the woman's first gestational
17	17	pregnancy; and
18	18	(2) a question regarding the applicant's preferences
19	19	for being contacted, as follows:
20	20	"If you are determined eligible for benefits, your
21	21	managed care organization or health plan provider may contact you
22	22	by telephone, text message, or e-mail about health care matters,
23	23	including reminders for appointments and information about
24	24	immunizations or well check visits. All preferred methods of
25	25	contact listed on this application will be shared with your managed
26	26	care organization or health plan provider. Please indicate below
27	27	your preferred methods of contact in order of preference, with the
28	28	number 1 being the most preferable method:
29	29	(1) By telephone (if contacted by cellular telephone,
30	30	the call may be autodialed or prerecorded, and your carrier's usage
31	31	rates may apply)? Yes No
32	32	Telephone number: _____________
33	33	Order of preference: 1 2 3 (circle a number)
34	34	(2) By text message (a free autodialed service, but
35	35	your carrier may charge message and data rates)? Yes No
36	36	Cellular telephone number: ______________
37	37	Order of preference: 1 2 3 (circle a number)
38	38	(3) By e-mail? Yes No
39	39	E-mail address: __________________
40	40	Order of preference: 1 2 3 (circle a number)".
41	41	SECTION 2. Not later than January 1, 2018, the executive
42	42	commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall
43	43	adopt a revised application form for medical assistance benefits
44	44	that conforms to the requirements of Section 32.025(g), Human
45	45	Resources Code, as added by this Act.
46	46	SECTION 3. If before implementing any provision of this Act
47	47	a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a
48	48	federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision,
49	49	the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or
50	50	authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the
51	51	waiver or authorization is granted.
52	52	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
53	53	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
54	54	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
55	55	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
56	56	Act takes effect September 1, 2017.