| 1 | 1 | | 86R8433 KLA-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Beckley H.B. No. 1179 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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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 a Medicaid buy-in program for Medicaid recipients with |
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| 8 | 8 | | increased household income from employment. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by adding Section 531.024442 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 531.024442. MEDICAID BUY-IN PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN |
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| 13 | 13 | | PERSONS WITH INCREASED HOUSEHOLD INCOME FROM EMPLOYMENT. (a) The |
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| 14 | 14 | | commission shall operate a Medicaid buy-in program for Medicaid |
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| 15 | 15 | | recipients: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (1) who are not eligible for a Medicaid buy-in program |
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| 17 | 17 | | established under Section 531.02444; and |
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| 18 | 18 | | (2) whose eligibility for Medicaid is otherwise being |
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| 19 | 19 | | terminated solely because of an increase in household income |
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| 20 | 20 | | received from employment. |
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| 21 | 21 | | (b) The program under this section must be substantively |
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| 22 | 22 | | identical to the Medicaid buy-in programs for persons with |
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| 23 | 23 | | disabilities established under Section 531.02444, except to the |
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| 24 | 24 | | extent that programmatic differences are appropriate because of the |
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| 25 | 25 | | populations served by the programs. |
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| 26 | 26 | | (c) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules for |
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| 27 | 27 | | participation in the program under this section that provide for: |
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| 28 | 28 | | (1) eligibility requirements, including household |
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| 29 | 29 | | income limits for participation; and |
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| 30 | 30 | | (2) requirements for program participants to pay |
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| 31 | 31 | | premiums or cost-sharing payments. |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 2. Not later than January 1, 2020, the executive |
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| 33 | 33 | | commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall |
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| 34 | 34 | | adopt the rules required by Section 531.024442, Government Code, as |
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| 35 | 35 | | added by this Act, and the commission shall implement the program |
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| 36 | 36 | | required by that section. |
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| 37 | 37 | | SECTION 3. If before implementing any provision of this Act |
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| 38 | 38 | | a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a |
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| 39 | 39 | | federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, |
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| 40 | 40 | | the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or |
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| 41 | 41 | | authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the |
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| 42 | 42 | | waiver or authorization is granted. |
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| 43 | 43 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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