| 1 | 1 | | H.B. No. 12 |
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| 4 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 5 | | relating to the duration of services provided under Medicaid to |
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| 6 | 6 | | women following a pregnancy. |
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| 7 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 8 | | SECTION 1. LEGISLATIVE PURPOSE. Out of the state's |
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| 9 | 9 | | profound respect for the lives of mothers and unborn children, |
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| 10 | 10 | | Medicaid coverage is extended for mothers whose pregnancies end in |
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| 11 | 11 | | the delivery of the child or end in the natural loss of the child. |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 2. Section 32.024(l-1), Human Resources Code, is |
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| 13 | 13 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (l-1) The commission shall continue to provide medical |
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| 15 | 15 | | assistance to a woman who is eligible for medical assistance for |
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| 16 | 16 | | pregnant women for a period of not less than: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (1) six months following the date the woman delivers |
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| 18 | 18 | | or experiences an involuntary miscarriage; and |
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| 19 | 19 | | (2) 12 months that begins on the last day of the |
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| 20 | 20 | | woman's pregnancy and ends on the last day of the month in which the |
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| 21 | 21 | | 12-month period ends in accordance with Section 1902(e)(16), Social |
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| 22 | 22 | | Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1396a(e)(16)). |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 3. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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| 24 | 24 | | of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human |
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| 25 | 25 | | Services Commission shall, in accordance with Section 1902(e)(16), |
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| 26 | 26 | | Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1396a(e)(16)), seek from the |
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| 27 | 27 | | appropriate federal agency an amendment to the state's Medicaid |
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| 28 | 28 | | state plan to implement Section 32.024(l-1)(2), Human Resources |
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| 29 | 29 | | Code, as added by this Act. The commission may delay implementing |
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| 30 | 30 | | this Act until the state plan amendment is approved. |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 32 | 32 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 33 | 33 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 34 | 34 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 35 | 35 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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| 36 | 36 | | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 37 | 37 | | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 38 | 38 | | I certify that H.B. No. 12 was passed by the House on April |
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| 39 | 39 | | 21, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 132, Nays 8, 0 present, not |
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| 40 | 40 | | voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to |
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| 41 | 41 | | H.B. No. 12 on May 23, 2023, and requested the appointment of a |
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| 42 | 42 | | conference committee to consider the differences between the two |
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| 43 | 43 | | houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report |
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| 44 | 44 | | on H.B. No. 12 on May 28, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 134, |
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| 45 | 45 | | Nays 9, 1 present, not voting. |
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| 46 | 46 | | ______________________________ |
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| 47 | 47 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 48 | 48 | | I certify that H.B. No. 12 was passed by the Senate, with |
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| 49 | 49 | | amendments, on May 21, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays |
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| 50 | 50 | | 0; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference |
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| 51 | 51 | | committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and |
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| 52 | 52 | | that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No. |
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| 53 | 53 | | 12 on May 28, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 54 | 54 | | ______________________________ |
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| 55 | 55 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 56 | 56 | | APPROVED: __________________ |
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| 57 | 57 | | Date |
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| 58 | 58 | | __________________ |
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| 59 | 59 | | Governor |
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