86R2153 KKR-D
By: Miles S.B. No. 189
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 531.0997 to read as follows:
Sec. 531.0997. AUTOMATIC ENROLLMENT OF CERTAIN WOMEN IN
HEALTHY TEXAS WOMEN PROGRAM. (a) In this section, "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 a Medicaid
recipient or enrollee in the child health plan program but who will
lose eligibility for benefits under the applicable program because
of the woman's age. The commission shall implement the automatic
enrollment in a manner that:
(1) ensures a seamless transition in the provision of
services between Medicaid or the child health plan program, as
applicable, 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 Medicaid or the child health plan program, as
applicable.
(c) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary
to implement this section.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2020.