86R7688 KKR-D
By: J. Johnson of Dallas H.B. No. 2029
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the automatic enrollment of certain women in the
Healthy Texas Women 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 531.09971 to read as follows:
Sec. 531.09971. AUTOMATIC ENROLLMENT OF CERTAIN WOMEN IN
HEALTHY TEXAS WOMEN PROGRAM. (a) In this section:
(1) "CHIP perinatal program" means the perinatal
program operated under the child health plan program established
under Chapter 62, Health and Safety Code.
(2) "Healthy Texas Women program" means a program
operated by the commission that is substantially similar to the
demonstration project operated under former Section 32.0248, Human
Resources Code, and that is intended to expand access to preventive
health and family planning services for women in this state.
(b) Subject to the eligibility requirements of the Healthy
Texas Women program, the commission shall identify and
automatically enroll in the program a woman who is enrolled in the
CHIP perinatal program but who will lose eligibility for benefits
under that program when the woman is no longer pregnant. The
commission shall implement the automatic enrollment in a manner
that:
(1) ensures a seamless transition in the provision of
services between the CHIP perinatal program and the Healthy Texas
Women program; and
(2) allows a woman to begin receiving services through
the Healthy Texas Women program on the first day the woman is no
longer eligible for enrollment in the CHIP perinatal program.
(c) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary
to implement this section.
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, 2019.