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| 1 | 1 | 86R13166 MM-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Rodriguez H.B. No. 4134 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the eligibility of parents and caretaker relatives for | |
| 8 | 8 | Medicaid. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 32.024(l), Human Resources Code, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (l) The executive commissioner shall set the income | |
| 13 | 13 | eligibility cap for medical assistance for: | |
| 14 | 14 | (1) pregnant women and infants up to age one at not | |
| 15 | 15 | less than 130 percent of the federal poverty guidelines; and | |
| 16 | 16 | (2) parents and eligible caretaker relatives at not | |
| 17 | 17 | less than 100 percent of the federal poverty guidelines. | |
| 18 | 18 | SECTION 2. If before implementing any provision of this Act | |
| 19 | 19 | a state agency determines that an additional waiver or additional | |
| 20 | 20 | authorization from a federal agency is necessary for implementation | |
| 21 | 21 | of that provision, the agency affected by the provision shall | |
| 22 | 22 | request the waiver or authorization and may delay implementing that | |
| 23 | 23 | provision until the waiver or authorization is granted. | |
| 24 | 24 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |