86R2165 KKR-D
By: González of El Paso H.B. No. 25
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) 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 is younger than 13 years of age;
(2) 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
(3) regardless of whether the child is also a
recipient of Medicaid.
(c) The executive commissioner may adopt rules 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.