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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the Medicaid eligibility of certain women after a |
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pregnancy. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 32.024, Human Resources Code, is amended |
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by adding Subsections (l-1), (l-2), and (l-3) to read as follows: |
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(l-1) The commission shall continue to provide medical |
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assistance to a woman who is eligible for medical assistance for |
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pregnant women for a period of not less than 12 months following the |
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date the woman delivers or experiences an involuntary miscarriage. |
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(l-2) Notwithstanding Subsection (l-1), the commission |
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shall continue to provide medical assistance to a woman who is |
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eligible for medical assistance for pregnant women: |
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(1) during the state fiscal year beginning September |
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1, 2019, for a period of not less than four months following the |
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date the woman delivers or experiences an involuntary miscarriage; |
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and |
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(2) during the state fiscal year beginning September |
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1, 2020, for a period of not less than eight months following the |
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date the woman delivers or experiences an involuntary miscarriage. |
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(l-3) Subsection (l-2) and this subsection expire September |
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1, 2021. |
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SECTION 2. If before implementing any provision of this Act |
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a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a |
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federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, |
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the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or |
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authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the |
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waiver or authorization is granted. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |