Bill Text: TX HB1412 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the continuation of medical assistance benefits for individuals after release from confinement in a county jail.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-28 - Referred to Human Services [HB1412 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1412-Introduced.html
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| By: Arévalo | H.B. No. 1412 | |
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| relating to the continuation of medical assistance benefits for | ||
| individuals after release from confinement in a county jail. | ||
| 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 32.02641, to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 32.02641. SUSPENSION AND AUTOMATIC REINSTATEMENT OF | ||
| ELIGIBILITY FOR INDIVIDUALS CONFINED IN COUNTY JAILS. (a) In this | ||
| section, "county jail" means a facility operated by or for a county | ||
| for the confinement of persons accused or convicted of an offense. | ||
| (b) An individual's eligibility for medical assistance is | ||
| suspended during the period the individual is confined in a county | ||
| jail. | ||
| (c) The eligibility of an individual for medical assistance | ||
| that is suspended as provided by Subsection (b) is automatically | ||
| reinstated on the date the individual is released from the county | ||
| jail, provided the individual's eligibility certification period | ||
| has not elapsed. Following the reinstatement, the individual | ||
| remains eligible until the expiration of the period for which the | ||
| individual was certified as eligible. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 32.02641, Human Resources Code, as added | ||
| by this Act, applies to an individual whose period of confinement in | ||
| a county jail begins on or after the effective date of this Act, | ||
| regardless of the date the individual was determined eligible for | ||
| medical assistance under Chapter 32, Human Resources Code. | ||
| 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 September 1, 2017. | ||
