86R13166 MM-D
By: Rodriguez H.B. No. 4134
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the eligibility of parents and caretaker relatives for
Medicaid.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 32.024(l), Human Resources Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(l) The executive commissioner shall set the income
eligibility cap for medical assistance for:
(1) pregnant women and infants up to age one at not
less than 130 percent of the federal poverty guidelines; and
(2) parents and eligible caretaker relatives at not
less than 100 percent of the federal poverty guidelines.
SECTION 2. If before implementing any provision of this Act
a state agency determines that an additional waiver or additional
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.