Bill Text: TX SB1186 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the expansion of eligibility for Medicaid to certain persons under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-18 - Referred to Health & Human Services [SB1186 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1186-Introduced.html
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| By: Alvarado | S.B. No. 1186 | |
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| relating to the expansion of eligibility for Medicaid 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 commission shall provide medical | ||
| assistance to all persons who apply for that assistance and for whom | ||
| federal matching money is 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 shall adopt rules regarding | ||
| the provision of medical assistance as required by this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 32.02472, Human Resources Code, as added | ||
| 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 the date | ||
| the section is implemented, 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. | ||
| SECTION 4. 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 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
