86R3736 KKR-D
By: Davis of Harris H.B. No. 1114
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the provision of services to certain children under the
Medicaid medical transportation program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 531.024141 to read as follows:
Sec. 531.024141. MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM SERVICES
FOR CERTAIN CHILDREN. (a) Notwithstanding Section 32.024(e),
Human Resources Code, the commission shall provide:
(1) medical transportation program services to an
eligible child described by Subsection (b); and
(2) reimbursement for those services.
(b) A child is eligible to receive medical transportation
program services under this section:
(1) if the child's mother is:
(A) a recipient of Medicaid during a pregnancy;
and
(B) using medical transportation program
services to travel to and from a covered health care service related
to the pregnancy, including postpartum care; and
(2) regardless of whether the child is also a
recipient of Medicaid.
(c) The mother of a child receiving medical transportation
program services under this section must provide:
(1) if required by law, a child passenger safety seat
system as defined under Section 545.412, Transportation Code; and
(2) any other equipment that the child needs in order
to safely receive medical transportation program services.
(d) In addition to state and federal money, the commission
may accept gifts and grants from any source to provide medical
transportation program services to an eligible child under this
section.
(e) The executive commissioner may adopt rules to implement
this section.
SECTION 2. In order to implement Section 531.024141,
Government Code, as added by this Act, as soon as practicable after
the effective date of this Act, the Health and Human Services
Commission shall apply for and actively seek:
(1) a waiver or other authorization from the federal
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services or other appropriate
federal agency; and
(2) federal money that may be available for the
purpose of that section.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.