Bill Text: TX HB4053 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the expansion of eligibility for Medicaid to certain persons diagnosed with certain mental health disorders for whom federal matching money is available.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-29 - Referred to Appropriations [HB4053 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB4053-Introduced.html
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| By: Meza | H.B. No. 4053 | |
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| relating to the expansion of eligibility for Medicaid to certain | ||
| persons diagnosed with certain mental health disorders for whom | ||
| federal matching money is available. | ||
| 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. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the commission | ||
| shall provide medical assistance to all persons: | ||
| (1) who are diagnosed with bipolar disorder, | ||
| dysthymia, schizophrenia, or severe chronic depression; | ||
| (2) who have a family income that does not exceed 133 | ||
| percent of the applicable federal poverty level; | ||
| (3) who apply 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 a person for medical assistance | ||
| under Chapter 32, 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. As soon as possible 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 any other 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, 2021. | ||
