87R4775 BDP-D
By: White H.B. No. 1664
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the reinstatement of eligibility for medical assistance
of certain children placed in juvenile facilities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 32.0264, Human Resources
Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 32.0264. SUSPENSION AND [AUTOMATIC] REINSTATEMENT OF
ELIGIBILITY FOR CHILDREN IN JUVENILE FACILITIES.
SECTION 2. Section 32.0264, Human Resources Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
(b-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), if, during the period
a child is placed in a juvenile facility, the child is hospitalized
or becomes an inpatient in another type of medical facility, the
commission shall reinstate the child's eligibility for medical
assistance during the period of the child's inpatient stay. The
executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to implement
this subsection, including rules governing the procedure for
reinstating a child's eligibility for medical assistance under this
subsection.
SECTION 3. If before implementing any provision of this Act
a state agency determines that a waiver or 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 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.