Bill Text: TX HB593 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the expansion of eligibility for medical assistance to certain persons under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-05 - Referred to Appropriations [HB593 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB593-Introduced.html
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| By: Naishtat | H.B. No. 593 | |
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| relating to the expansion of eligibility for medical assistance to | ||
| certain persons under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable | ||
| Care Act. | ||
| 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 32.02472 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 32.02472. EXPANDED ELIGIBILITY FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE | ||
| UNDER PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT. (a) | ||
| Notwithstanding any other law, the department shall provide medical | ||
| assistance to all persons who apply for that assistance and for whom | ||
| federal matching funds are available under the Patient Protection | ||
| and Affordable Care Act (Pub. L. No. 111-148) as amended by the | ||
| Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Pub. L. No. | ||
| 111-152) to provide that assistance. | ||
| (b) The executive commissioner of the Health and Human | ||
| Services Commission shall adopt rules regarding the provision of | ||
| medical assistance as required by this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. The change in law made 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 January 1, 2014, 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 32.02472, Human | ||
| Resources Code, as added by this Act, including notifying | ||
| appropriate federal agencies of that expanded eligibility. 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 4. 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, 2013. | ||
