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1		-	S.B. No. 2132
	1	+	By: Powell, et al. S.B. No. 2132
	2	+	(Button, J. Johnson of Dallas)
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	5	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	6		AN ACT
5	7		relating to the provision of information to certain women enrolled
6	8		in the Healthy Texas Women program.
7	9		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	10		SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government Code, is
9	11		amended by adding Section 531.0995 to read as follows:
10	12		Sec. 531.0995. INFORMATION FOR CERTAIN ENROLLEES IN THE
11	13		HEALTHY TEXAS WOMEN PROGRAM. (a) In this section, "Healthy Texas
12	14		Women program" means a program operated by the commission that is
13	15		substantially similar to the demonstration project operated under
14	16		former Section 32.0248, Human Resources Code, and that is intended
15	17		to expand access to preventive health and family planning services
16	18		for women in this state.
17	19		(b) This section applies to a woman who is automatically
18	20		enrolled in the Healthy Texas Women program following a pregnancy
19	21		for which the woman received Medicaid, but who is no longer eligible
20	22		to participate in Medicaid.
21	23		(c) After a woman described by Subsection (b) is enrolled in
22	24		the Healthy Texas Women program, the commission shall provide to
23	25		the woman:
24	26		(1) information about the Healthy Texas Women program,
25	27		including the services provided under the program; and
26	28		(2) a list of health care providers who participate in
27	29		the Healthy Texas Women program and are located in the same
28	30		geographical area in which the woman resides.
29	31		(d) The commission shall consult with the Maternal
30	32		Mortality and Morbidity Task Force established under Chapter 34,
31	33		Health and Safety Code, to improve the process for providing the
32	34		information required by Subsection (c), including by determining:
33	35		(1) the best time for providing the information; and
34	36		(2) the manner by which the information should be
35	37		provided, including the information about health care providers
36	38		described by Subsection (c)(2).
37	39		SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date
38	40		of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human
39	41		Services Commission shall adopt any rules necessary to implement
40	42		Section 531.0995, Government Code, as added by this Act.
41	43		SECTION 3. Section 531.0995, Government Code, as added by
42	44		this Act, applies only to a woman automatically enrolled in the
43	45		Healthy Texas Women program on or after January 1, 2020.
44	46		SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
45	47		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
46	48		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
47	49		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
48	50		Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
49		-	______________________________ ______________________________
50		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
51		-	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2132 passed the Senate on
52		-	April 10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.
53		-	______________________________
54		-	Secretary of the Senate
55		-	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2132 passed the House on
56		-	May 3, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 136, Nays 4, two present
57		-	not voting.
58		-	______________________________
59		-	Chief Clerk of the House
60		-	Approved:
61		-	______________________________
62		-	Date
63		-	______________________________
64		-	Governor