Bill Text: TX HJR61 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the state to expand eligibility for Medicaid to certain individuals under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-12 - Filed [HJR61 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-HJR61-Introduced.html

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89R152 MM-F
By: Reynolds H.J.R. No. 61

A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the state to expand
eligibility for Medicaid to certain individuals 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
individuals 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 89th Legislature,
Regular Session, 2025, requiring the state to expand eligibility
for Medicaid to all individuals 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, 2026.
(c) This temporary provision expires January 1, 2027.
SECTION 3. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 4, 2025.
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 individuals for whom federal
matching funds are available under the federal Patient Protection
and Affordable Care Act."