Bill Text: TX HB4134 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the eligibility of parents and caretaker relatives for Medicaid.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-25 - Referred to Human Services [HB4134 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB4134-Introduced.html
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| By: Rodriguez | H.B. No. 4134 | |
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| relating to the eligibility of parents and caretaker relatives for | ||
| Medicaid. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 32.024(l), Human Resources Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (l) The executive commissioner shall set the income | ||
| eligibility cap for medical assistance for: | ||
| (1) pregnant women and infants up to age one at not | ||
| less than 130 percent of the federal poverty guidelines; and | ||
| (2) parents and eligible caretaker relatives at not | ||
| less than 100 percent of the federal poverty guidelines. | ||
| SECTION 2. If before implementing any provision of this Act | ||
| a state agency determines that an additional waiver or additional | ||
| 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 September 1, 2019. | ||
