Bill Text: TX HJR5 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the state to expand eligibility for Medicaid to certain persons under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-07-07 - Filed [HJR5 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HJR5-Introduced.html
| By: Bucy | H.J.R. No. 5 | |
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| proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the state to expand | ||
| eligibility for Medicaid to certain persons under the federal | ||
| Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. | ||
| BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Article XVI, Texas Constitution, is amended by | ||
| adding Section 74 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 74. The state 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 the | ||
| state to provide that assistance. | ||
| SECTION 2. The following temporary provision is added to | ||
| the Texas Constitution: | ||
| TEMPORARY PROVISION. (a) This temporary provision applies | ||
| to the constitutional amendment proposed by the 87th Legislature, | ||
| 1st Called Session, 2021, requiring the state to expand eligibility | ||
| for Medicaid to all persons for whom federal matching funds are | ||
| available under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care | ||
| Act. | ||
| (b) Section 74, Article XVI, of this constitution takes | ||
| effect January 1, 2023. | ||
| (c) This temporary provision expires January 1, 2024 | ||
| SECTION 3. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | ||
| submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 8, 2022. | ||
| The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the | ||
| proposition: "The constitutional amendment requiring the state to | ||
| expand eligibility for Medicaid to all persons for whom federal | ||
| matching funds are available under the federal Patient Protection | ||
| and Affordable Care Act. | ||
