Bill Text: TX HJR130 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the state from expanding eligibility for Medicaid under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 12-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-22 - Referred to Appropriations [HJR130 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HJR130-Introduced.html
| 87R4382 BDP-D | ||
| By: Cain | H.J.R. No. 130 | |
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| proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the state from | ||
| expanding eligibility for Medicaid under the federal Patient | ||
| Protection and Affordable Care Act. | ||
| BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 51-a, Article III, Texas Constitution, | ||
| is amended by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: | ||
| (b-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (b) of this section, the | ||
| state may not provide medical assistance to any person who became | ||
| newly eligible for that assistance 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), but would not be eligible for that assistance under | ||
| the eligibility criteria in effect in this state on January 1, 2021. | ||
| SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | ||
| submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 2, 2021. | ||
| The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the | ||
| proposition: "The constitutional amendment prohibiting the state | ||
| from expanding eligibility for Medicaid under the federal Patient | ||
| Protection and Affordable Care Act." | ||
