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1		-	H.B. No. 1664
	1	+	By: White, Guillen (Senate Sponsor - Eckhardt) H.B. No. 1664
	2	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 12, 2021;
	3	+	May 17, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Health &
	4	+	Human Services; May 22, 2021, reported adversely, with favorable
	5	+	Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0;
	6	+	May 22, 2021, sent to printer.)
	7	+	Click here to see the committee vote
	8	+	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 1664 By: Campbell
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	11	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	12		AN ACT
5	13		relating to the reinstatement of eligibility for medical assistance
6	14		of certain children placed in juvenile facilities.
7	15		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	16		SECTION 1. The heading to Section 32.0264, Human Resources
9	17		Code, is amended to read as follows:
10	18		Sec. 32.0264. SUSPENSION AND [AUTOMATIC] REINSTATEMENT OF
11	19		ELIGIBILITY FOR CHILDREN IN JUVENILE FACILITIES.
12	20		SECTION 2. Section 32.0264, Human Resources Code, is
13	21		amended by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
14	22		(b-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), if, during the period
15	23		a child is placed in a juvenile facility, the child is hospitalized
16	24		or becomes an inpatient in another type of medical facility, the
17	25		commission shall reinstate the child's eligibility for medical
18	26		assistance during the period of the child's inpatient stay. The
19	27		executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to implement
20	28		this subsection, including rules governing the procedure for
21	29		reinstating a child's eligibility for medical assistance under this
22	30		subsection.
23	31		SECTION 3. If before implementing Section 32.0264(b-1),
24	32		Human Resources Code, as added by this Act, the Health and Human
25	33		Services Commission determines that a memorandum of understanding
26	34		between the commission and the Texas Juvenile Justice Department or
27	35		the adoption of policies or procedures is necessary for
28	36		implementation of that provision, the commission may delay
29	37		implementing that provision until the earlier of:
30	38		(1) the date any necessary memorandum of
31	39		understanding, policies, and procedures are adopted; or
32	40		(2) March 1, 2022.
33	41		SECTION 4. If before implementing any provision of this Act
34	42		a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a
35	43		federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision,
36	44		the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or
37	45		authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the
38	46		waiver or authorization is granted.
39	47		SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
40		-	______________________________ ______________________________
41		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
42		-	I certify that H.B. No. 1664 was passed by the House on May
43		-	11, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 130, Nays 15, 1 present, not
44		-	voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
45		-	No. 1664 on May 28, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 128, Nays 16,
46		-	1 present, not voting.
47		-	______________________________
48		-	Chief Clerk of the House
49		-	I certify that H.B. No. 1664 was passed by the Senate, with
50		-	amendments, on May 24, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays
51		-	0.
52		-	______________________________
53		-	Secretary of the Senate
54		-	APPROVED: __________________
55		-	Date
56		-	__________________
57		-	Governor
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