Bill Text: TX HB4596 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to ensuring the continued provision of benefits under Medicaid and the supplemental nutrition assistance program for the children of individuals confined in a penal or correctional institution.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-26 - Referred to Human Services [HB4596 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB4596-Introduced.html
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| By: Collier | H.B. No. 4596 | |
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| relating to ensuring the continued provision of benefits under | ||
| Medicaid and the supplemental nutrition assistance program for the | ||
| children of individuals confined in a penal or correctional | ||
| institution. | ||
| 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 32.0267 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 32.0267. BENEFITS FOR CHILDREN OF CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS | ||
| CONFINED IN PENAL OR CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION. (a) This section | ||
| applies to a child who is a Medicaid recipient. | ||
| (b) The commission shall ensure that the child of an | ||
| individual who is confined in a penal or correctional institution, | ||
| including a county jail in this state or a federal correctional | ||
| institution, will continue to receive benefits under Medicaid | ||
| without interruption due to the parent's confinement. | ||
| (c) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary | ||
| to implement this section, including rules designed to ensure that | ||
| at the time for recertifying the child's eligibility for Medicaid | ||
| benefits, a process is implemented to ensure the parent's | ||
| confinement does not impede or delay the child's recertification if | ||
| the child is otherwise eligible for the benefits. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 33, Human Resources Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 33.0181 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 33.0181. BENEFITS FOR CHILDREN OF CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS | ||
| CONFINED IN PENAL OR CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION. (a) This section | ||
| applies to a child who is receiving benefits under the supplemental | ||
| nutrition assistance program. | ||
| (b) The commission shall ensure that the child of an | ||
| individual who is confined in a penal or correctional institution, | ||
| including a county jail in this state or a federal correctional | ||
| institution, will continue to receive benefits under the | ||
| supplemental nutrition assistance program without interruption due | ||
| to the parent's confinement. | ||
| (c) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary | ||
| to implement this section, including rules designed to ensure that | ||
| at the time for recertifying the child's eligibility for benefits | ||
| under the supplemental nutrition assistance program, a process is | ||
| implemented to ensure the parent's confinement does not impede or | ||
| delay the child's recertification if the child is otherwise | ||
| eligible for the benefits. | ||
| 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, 2019. | ||
