87S30258 JG/MM-D
By: Johnson S.J.R. No. 11
A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the state to develop
and seek appropriate authorization under the federal Medicaid
program to implement the Live Well Texas program to provide health
benefit coverage to certain individuals.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article XVI, Texas Constitution, is amended by
adding Section 74 to read as follows:
Sec. 74. (a) As provided by general law, the state shall
develop and seek a waiver under Section 1115 of the Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1315) to the state Medicaid plan or other
appropriate federal authorization to implement the Live Well Texas
program to assist individuals for whom federal matching funds are
available to the state under the Patient Protection and Affordable
Care Act (Pub. L. No. 111-148) as amended by the Health Care and
Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Pub. L. No. 111-152) or other
federal law in obtaining health benefit coverage.
(b) The terms of the waiver or other authorization described
by Subsection (a) of this section must be designed in a manner that
leverages available federal medical assistance percentage funding
under the federal Medicaid program, including funding available
under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Pub. L. No. 117-2).
SECTION 2. The following temporary provision is added to
the Texas Constitution:
TEMPORARY PROVISION. (a) This temporary provision applies
to the constitutional amendment proposed by the 87th Legislature,
3rd Called Session, 2021, requiring the state to develop and seek
appropriate authorization under the federal Medicaid program to
implement the Live Well Texas program to provide health benefit
coverage to certain individuals.
(b) Section 74, Article XVI, of this constitution takes
effect January 1, 2023.
(c) This temporary provision expires January 1, 2024.
SECTION 3. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 8, 2022.
The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the
proposition: "The constitutional amendment requiring the state to
develop and seek appropriate authorization under the federal
Medicaid program to implement the Live Well Texas program to
provide health benefit coverage to certain individuals."