85R14084 KLA-D
By: Rose H.B. No. 3970
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the allocation of certain general revenue to grants for
local guardianship programs and local money management services.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 531.077(b), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) The Medicaid account is an account in the general
revenue fund. Any funds recovered by implementing 42 U.S.C.
Section 1396p(b)(1) shall be deposited in the Medicaid account.
Money in the account may be appropriated only as follows:
(1) the first $750,000 of money appropriated from the
account for a state fiscal year may be appropriated only to provide
grants for the development, expansion, and operation of local
guardianship programs and local money management services, to the
extent not prohibited by federal law; and
(2) the remainder may be appropriated only to fund
long-term care, including community-based care and facility-based
care.
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
appropriations made for a state fiscal year that begins on or after
September 1, 2019.
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 September 1, 2017.