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| 1 | 1 | 85R3041 JG-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Cortez H.B. No. 1408 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the period of continuous eligibility for the medical | |
| 8 | 8 | assistance program. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 32.0261, Human Resources Code, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 32.0261. CONTINUOUS ELIGIBILITY. The executive | |
| 13 | 13 | commissioner shall adopt rules in accordance with 42 U.S.C. Section | |
| 14 | 14 | 1396a(e)(12), as amended, to provide for a period of continuous | |
| 15 | 15 | eligibility for a child under 19 years of age who is determined to | |
| 16 | 16 | be eligible for medical assistance under this chapter. The rules | |
| 17 | 17 | shall provide that the child remains eligible for medical | |
| 18 | 18 | assistance, without additional review by the commission and | |
| 19 | 19 | regardless of changes in the child's resources or income, until the | |
| 20 | 20 | earlier of: | |
| 21 | 21 | (1) the first anniversary of [end of the six-month | |
| 22 | 22 | period following] the date on which the child's eligibility was | |
| 23 | 23 | determined; or | |
| 24 | 24 | (2) the child's 19th birthday. | |
| 25 | 25 | SECTION 2. If before implementing any provision of this Act | |
| 26 | 26 | a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a | |
| 27 | 27 | federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, | |
| 28 | 28 | the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or | |
| 29 | 29 | authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the | |
| 30 | 30 | waiver or authorization is granted. | |
| 31 | 31 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |