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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the eligibility of parents and caretaker relatives for |
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Medicaid. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 32.024(l), Human Resources Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(l) The executive commissioner shall set the income |
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eligibility cap for medical assistance for: |
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(1) pregnant women and infants up to age one at not |
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less than 130 percent of the federal poverty guidelines; and |
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(2) parents and eligible caretaker relatives at not |
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less than 100 percent of the federal poverty guidelines. |
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SECTION 2. If before implementing any provision of this Act |
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a state agency determines that an additional waiver or additional |
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authorization from a federal agency is necessary for implementation |
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of that provision, the agency affected by the provision shall |
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request the waiver or authorization and may delay implementing that |
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provision until the waiver or authorization is granted. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |