89R5702 CMO-D
By: Howard H.B. No. 3072
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the expansion of eligibility for Medicaid to certain
women.
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 32.02473 to read as follows:
Sec. 32.02473. EXPANDED ELIGIBILITY FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
FOR CERTAIN WOMEN OF REPRODUCTIVE AGE. (a) Notwithstanding any
other law, the commission shall provide medical assistance to each
woman in this state:
(1) who is of reproductive age, including each woman
who is at least 19 years of age or older but younger than 50 years of
age;
(2) who has a household income that is at or below 133
percent of the federal poverty level;
(3) who applies for the assistance; and
(4) for whom federal matching money is available.
(b) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary
to implement this section.
SECTION 2. Section 32.02473, Human Resources Code, as added
by this Act, applies only to an initial determination or
recertification of eligibility of an individual for medical
assistance under Chapter 32, Human Resources Code, made on or after
the date the section is implemented, regardless of the date the
individual applied for that assistance.
SECTION 3. As soon as practicable 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 32.02473, 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 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 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.