| 1 | 1 | | 86R2153 KKR-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Thierry H.B. No. 606 |
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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 531.0997 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 531.0997. AUTOMATIC ENROLLMENT OF CERTAIN WOMEN IN |
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| 13 | 13 | | HEALTHY TEXAS WOMEN PROGRAM. (a) In this section, "Healthy Texas |
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| 14 | 14 | | Women program" means a program operated by the commission that is |
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| 15 | 15 | | substantially similar to the demonstration project operated under |
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| 16 | 16 | | former Section 32.0248, Human Resources Code, and that is intended |
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| 17 | 17 | | to expand access to preventive health and family planning services |
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| 18 | 18 | | for women in this state. |
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| 19 | 19 | | (b) Subject to the eligibility requirements of the Healthy |
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| 20 | 20 | | Texas Women program, the commission shall identify and |
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| 21 | 21 | | automatically enroll in the program a woman who is a Medicaid |
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| 22 | 22 | | recipient or enrollee in the child health plan program but who will |
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| 23 | 23 | | lose eligibility for benefits under the applicable program because |
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| 24 | 24 | | of the woman's age. The commission shall implement the automatic |
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| 25 | 25 | | enrollment in a manner that: |
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| 26 | 26 | | (1) ensures a seamless transition in the provision of |
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| 27 | 27 | | services between Medicaid or the child health plan program, as |
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| 28 | 28 | | applicable, and the Healthy Texas Women program; and |
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| 29 | 29 | | (2) allows a woman to begin receiving services through |
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| 30 | 30 | | the Healthy Texas Women program on the first day the woman is no |
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| 31 | 31 | | longer eligible for Medicaid or the child health plan program, as |
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| 32 | 32 | | applicable. |
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| 33 | 33 | | (c) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary |
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| 34 | 34 | | to implement this section. |
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| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2020. |
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