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      87(R) HB 98 - Introduced version - Bill Text
      
            87R168 KKR-D
         
		By:  Ortega
            H.B.  No.  98
         
               A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
            
               AN ACT
            
            relating to the Medicaid eligibility of certain women after a 
         
            pregnancy.
         
                          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         
                          SECTION  1.    Section 32.024, Human Resources Code, is amended 
         
            by adding Subsection (l-1) to read as follows:
         
                          (l-1)    The commission shall continue to provide medical 
         
            assistance to a woman who is eligible for medical assistance for 
         
            pregnant women for a period of not less than 12 months following the 
         
            date the woman delivers or experiences an involuntary miscarriage.
         
                          SECTION  2.    If before implementing any provision of this Act 
         
            a state agency determines that a 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  3.    This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
         
Statutes affected: 
Introduced: 32.024 Human Resources Code



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the Medicaid eligibility of certain women after a
	pregnancy.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 32.024, Human Resources Code, is amended
	by adding Subsection (l-1) to read as follows:
	(l-1) The commission shall continue to provide medical
	assistance to a woman who is eligible for medical assistance for
	pregnant women for a period of not less than 12 months following the
	date the woman delivers or experiences an involuntary miscarriage.
	SECTION 2. If before implementing any provision of this Act
	a state agency determines that a 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 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.