87R11619 KKR-D
By: J. Johnson of Harris H.B. No. 3672
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the eligibility for Medicaid of persons diagnosed with
sickle cell disease.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 32, Human Resources Code,
is amended by adding Section 32.02474 to read as follows:
Sec. 32.02474. ELIGIBILITY OF PERSONS DIAGNOSED WITH SICKLE
CELL DISEASE FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE. (a) Notwithstanding any
other law, the commission shall provide medical assistance to all
persons:
(1) who are diagnosed with sickle cell disease;
(2) who apply for the assistance; and
(3) for whom federal matching money is available.
(b) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary
to implement this section.
SECTION 2. Section 32.02474, Human Resources Code, as added
by this Act, applies only to an initial determination or
recertification of eligibility of a person for medical assistance
under Chapter 32, Human Resources Code, made on or after the date
the section is implemented, regardless of the date the person
applied for that assistance.
SECTION 3. As soon as possible after the effective date of
this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human
Services Commission shall take all necessary actions to expand
eligibility for medical assistance under Chapter 32, Human
Resources Code, in accordance with Section 32.02474, Human
Resources Code, as added by this Act, including notifying
appropriate federal agencies of that expanded eligibility.
SECTION 4. If before implementing any provision of this Act
a state agency determines that any other 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 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.