| 1 | 1 | | 85R2783 JG-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Lozano H.B. No. 2607 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to demonstration projects to coordinate eligibility |
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| 8 | 8 | | renewal and eligibility recertification for certain children in the |
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| 9 | 9 | | Medicaid and child health plan programs. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 62, Health and Safety |
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| 12 | 12 | | Code, is amended by adding Section 62.1025 to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | Sec. 62.1025. ELIGIBILITY RENEWAL DEMONSTRATION PROJECT. |
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| 14 | 14 | | (a) The commission shall establish a demonstration project through |
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| 15 | 15 | | the child health plan program to allow the commission to |
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| 16 | 16 | | simultaneously renew the eligibility of multiple children within |
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| 17 | 17 | | the same household who are eligible for enrollment in the program. |
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| 18 | 18 | | (b) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary |
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| 19 | 19 | | to determine the scope of, and eligibility for participating in, |
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| 20 | 20 | | the demonstration project. |
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| 21 | 21 | | (c) The commission shall operate the demonstration project |
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| 22 | 22 | | under this section in conjunction with the demonstration project |
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| 23 | 23 | | under Section 32.02614, Human Resources Code, if feasible. |
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| 24 | 24 | | (d) Not later than December 1, 2020, the commission shall |
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| 25 | 25 | | submit a report to the legislature regarding the commission's |
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| 26 | 26 | | progress in establishing and operating the demonstration project |
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| 27 | 27 | | and recommendations on continuing or expanding the demonstration |
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| 28 | 28 | | project. |
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| 29 | 29 | | (e) This section expires September 1, 2021. |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 32, Human Resources Code, |
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| 31 | 31 | | is amended by adding Section 32.02614 to read as follows: |
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| 32 | 32 | | Sec. 32.02614. ELIGIBILITY RECERTIFICATION DEMONSTRATION |
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| 33 | 33 | | PROJECT. (a) The commission shall establish a demonstration |
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| 34 | 34 | | project through the medical assistance program to allow the |
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| 35 | 35 | | commission to simultaneously recertify the eligibility of multiple |
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| 36 | 36 | | children within the same household who are eligible for medical |
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| 37 | 37 | | assistance under this chapter. |
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| 38 | 38 | | (b) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary |
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| 39 | 39 | | to determine the scope of, and eligibility for participating in, |
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| 40 | 40 | | the demonstration project. |
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| 41 | 41 | | (c) The commission shall operate the demonstration project |
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| 42 | 42 | | under this section in conjunction with the demonstration project |
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| 43 | 43 | | under Section 62.1025, Health and Safety Code, if feasible. |
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| 44 | 44 | | (d) Not later than December 1, 2020, the commission shall |
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| 45 | 45 | | submit a report to the legislature regarding the commission's |
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| 46 | 46 | | progress in establishing and operating the demonstration project |
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| 47 | 47 | | and recommendations on continuing or expanding the demonstration |
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| 48 | 48 | | project. |
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| 49 | 49 | | (e) This section expires September 1, 2021. |
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| 50 | 50 | | SECTION 3. Not later than September 1, 2018, the Health and |
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| 51 | 51 | | Human Services Commission shall implement the eligibility renewal |
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| 52 | 52 | | and eligibility recertification demonstration projects required by |
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| 53 | 53 | | Section 62.1025, Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act, and |
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| 54 | 54 | | Section 32.02614, Human Resources Code, as added by this Act. |
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| 55 | 55 | | SECTION 4. If before implementing any provision of this Act |
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| 56 | 56 | | a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a |
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| 57 | 57 | | federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, |
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| 58 | 58 | | the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or |
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| 59 | 59 | | authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the |
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| 60 | 60 | | waiver or authorization is granted. |
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| 61 | 61 | | SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 62 | 62 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 63 | 63 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 64 | 64 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 65 | 65 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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