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A JOINT RESOLUTION
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proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the state to develop |
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and seek appropriate authorization under the federal Medicaid |
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program to implement the Live Well Texas program to provide health |
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benefit coverage to certain individuals. |
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article XVI, Texas Constitution, is amended by |
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adding Section 74 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 74. (a) As provided by general law, the state shall |
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develop and seek a waiver under Section 1115 of the Social Security |
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Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1315) to the state Medicaid plan or other |
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appropriate federal authorization to implement the Live Well Texas |
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program to assist individuals for whom federal matching funds are |
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available to the state under the Patient Protection and Affordable |
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Care Act (Pub. L. No. 111-148) as amended by the Health Care and |
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Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Pub. L. No. 111-152) or other |
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federal law in obtaining health benefit coverage. |
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(b) The terms of the waiver or other authorization described |
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by Subsection (a) of this section must be designed in a manner that |
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leverages available federal medical assistance percentage funding |
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under the federal Medicaid program, including funding available |
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under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Pub. L. No. 117-2). |
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SECTION 2. The following temporary provision is added to |
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the Texas Constitution: |
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TEMPORARY PROVISION. (a) This temporary provision applies |
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to the constitutional amendment proposed by the 87th Legislature, |
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3rd Called Session, 2021, requiring the state to develop and seek |
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appropriate authorization under the federal Medicaid program to |
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implement the Live Well Texas program to provide health benefit |
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coverage to certain individuals. |
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(b) Section 74, Article XVI, of this constitution takes |
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effect January 1, 2023. |
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(c) This temporary provision expires January 1, 2024. |
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SECTION 3. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be |
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submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 8, 2022. |
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The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the |
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proposition: "The constitutional amendment requiring the state to |
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develop and seek appropriate authorization under the federal |
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Medicaid program to implement the Live Well Texas program to |
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provide health benefit coverage to certain individuals." |