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| 6 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 7 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 8 | 7 | | relating to the provision of information to certain women enrolled |
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| 9 | 8 | | in the Healthy Texas Women program. |
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| 10 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government Code, is |
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| 12 | 11 | | amended by adding Section 531.0995 to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 12 | | Sec. 531.0995. INFORMATION FOR CERTAIN ENROLLEES IN THE |
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| 14 | 13 | | HEALTHY TEXAS WOMEN PROGRAM. (a) In this section, "Healthy Texas |
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| 15 | 14 | | Women program" means a program operated by the commission that is |
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| 16 | 15 | | substantially similar to the demonstration project operated under |
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| 17 | 16 | | former Section 32.0248, Human Resources Code, and that is intended |
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| 18 | 17 | | to expand access to preventive health and family planning services |
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| 19 | 18 | | for women in this state. |
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| 20 | 19 | | (b) This section applies to a woman who is automatically |
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| 21 | 20 | | enrolled in the Healthy Texas Women program following a pregnancy |
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| 22 | 21 | | for which the woman received Medicaid, but who is no longer eligible |
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| 23 | 22 | | to participate in Medicaid. |
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| 24 | 23 | | (c) At the time a woman described by Subsection (b) is |
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| 25 | 24 | | enrolled in the Healthy Texas Women program, the commission shall |
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| 26 | 25 | | provide to the woman: |
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| 27 | 26 | | (1) information about the Healthy Texas Women program, |
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| 28 | 27 | | including the services provided under the program; and |
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| 29 | 28 | | (2) a list of health care providers who participate in |
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| 30 | 29 | | the Healthy Texas Women program and are located in the same |
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| 31 | 30 | | geographical area in which the woman resides. |
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| 32 | 31 | | SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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| 33 | 32 | | of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human |
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| 34 | 33 | | Services Commission shall adopt any rules necessary to implement |
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| 35 | 34 | | Section 531.0995, Government Code, as added by this Act. |
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| 36 | 35 | | SECTION 3. Section 531.0995, Government Code, as added by |
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| 37 | 36 | | this Act, applies only to a woman automatically enrolled in the |
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| 38 | 37 | | Healthy Texas Women program on or after January 1, 2020. |
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| 39 | 38 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 40 | 39 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 41 | 40 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 42 | 41 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 43 | 42 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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