| 1 | 1 | | 88R7319 JG-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Cortez H.B. No. 2216 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the period of continuous eligibility for the medical |
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| 8 | 8 | | assistance program. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 32.0261(b), Human Resources Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (b) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules in |
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| 13 | 13 | | accordance with 42 U.S.C. Section 1396a(e)(12), as amended, to |
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| 14 | 14 | | provide for a period of continuous eligibility [two consecutive |
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| 15 | 15 | | periods of eligibility] for a child to which this section applies |
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| 16 | 16 | | [between each certification and recertification of the child's |
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| 17 | 17 | | eligibility, subject to Subsections (f) and (h)]. The rules must |
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| 18 | 18 | | provide that the child remains eligible for medical assistance, |
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| 19 | 19 | | without additional review by the commission and regardless of |
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| 20 | 20 | | changes in the child's resources or income, until the earlier of: |
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| 21 | 21 | | (1) the first anniversary of the date on which the |
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| 22 | 22 | | child's eligibility was determined; or |
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| 23 | 23 | | (2) the child's 19th birthday. |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 2. Sections 32.0261(c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), |
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| 25 | 25 | | (j), (k), and (l), Human Resources Code, are repealed. |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 3. If before implementing any provision of this Act |
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| 27 | 27 | | a state agency determines that any other waiver or authorization |
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| 28 | 28 | | from a federal agency is necessary for implementation of that |
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| 29 | 29 | | provision, the agency affected by the provision shall request the |
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| 30 | 30 | | waiver or authorization and may delay implementing that provision |
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| 31 | 31 | | until the waiver or authorization is granted. |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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