85R9362 MM-D
By: Hinojosa S.B. No. 1174
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the provision of prosthetic devices for certain
recipients under Medicaid.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 32.024, Human Resources Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (ff-1) to read as follows:
(ff-1) The commission shall provide a prosthetic device
under the medical assistance program to a recipient who is in need
of the device because of a congenital absence, a surgical revision,
or the traumatic amputation of an extremity, hip, or shoulder,
regardless of the recipient's age.
SECTION 2. 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 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.