Bill Text: TX HB3449 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the Medicaid eligibility of certain women after a pregnancy.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-18 - Referred to Public Health [HB3449 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB3449-Introduced.html
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| By: Coleman | H.B. No. 3449 | |
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| relating to the Medicaid eligibility of certain women after a | ||
| pregnancy. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 32.024, Human Resources Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Subsection (l-1) to read as follows: | ||
| (l-1) The department shall continue to provide medical | ||
| assistance to a woman who is eligible for medical assistance as a | ||
| pregnant woman for a period of not less than six months following | ||
| the date the woman gives birth. | ||
| SECTION 2. 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 3. 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, 2015. | ||
