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| 2 | 2 | | By: J. Johnson of Dallas H.B. No. 2029 |
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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 the automatic enrollment of certain women in the |
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| 8 | 8 | | Healthy Texas Women program. |
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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 531.09971 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 531.09971. AUTOMATIC ENROLLMENT OF CERTAIN WOMEN IN |
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| 13 | 13 | | HEALTHY TEXAS WOMEN PROGRAM. (a) In this section: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (1) "CHIP perinatal program" means the perinatal |
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| 15 | 15 | | program operated under the child health plan program established |
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| 16 | 16 | | under Chapter 62, Health and Safety Code. |
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| 17 | 17 | | (2) "Healthy Texas Women program" means a program |
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| 18 | 18 | | operated by the commission that is substantially similar to the |
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| 19 | 19 | | demonstration project operated under former Section 32.0248, Human |
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| 20 | 20 | | Resources Code, and that is intended to expand access to preventive |
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| 21 | 21 | | health and family planning services for women in this state. |
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| 22 | 22 | | (b) Subject to the eligibility requirements of the Healthy |
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| 23 | 23 | | Texas Women program, the commission shall identify and |
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| 24 | 24 | | automatically enroll in the program a woman who is enrolled in the |
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| 25 | 25 | | CHIP perinatal program but who will lose eligibility for benefits |
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| 26 | 26 | | under that program when the woman is no longer pregnant. The |
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| 27 | 27 | | commission shall implement the automatic enrollment in a manner |
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| 28 | 28 | | that: |
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| 29 | 29 | | (1) ensures a seamless transition in the provision of |
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| 30 | 30 | | services between the CHIP perinatal program and the Healthy Texas |
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| 31 | 31 | | Women program; and |
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| 32 | 32 | | (2) allows a woman to begin receiving services through |
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| 33 | 33 | | the Healthy Texas Women program on the first day the woman is no |
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| 34 | 34 | | longer eligible for enrollment in the CHIP perinatal program. |
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| 35 | 35 | | (c) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary |
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| 36 | 36 | | to implement this section. |
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| 37 | 37 | | SECTION 2. 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 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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