88R7610 BDP-D
By: Howard H.B. No. 2587
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to eligibility for Medicaid for breast and cervical
cancer.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 32.024(y), Human Resources Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(y) The commission shall provide medical assistance to a
person in need of treatment for breast or cervical cancer who is
eligible for that assistance under the Breast and Cervical Cancer
Prevention and Treatment Act of 2000 (Pub. L. No. 106-354) and who
has a family income that is at or below 250 percent of the federal
poverty level. The commission shall provide the assistance for a
continuous period during which the person requires that
treatment. The executive commissioner shall simplify the provider
enrollment process for a provider of that medical assistance and
shall adopt rules to provide for certification of presumptive
eligibility of a person for that assistance. In determining a
person's eligibility for medical assistance under this subsection,
the executive commissioner, to the extent allowed by federal law,
may not require a personal interview.
SECTION 2. Section 32.024(y), Human Resources Code, as
amended by this Act, applies only to an initial determination or
recertification of eligibility of a person for medical assistance
for breast or cervical cancer under Section 32.024(y), 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. If before implementing any provision of this Act
a state agency determines that a 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 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2023.