The bill, H.B. No. 3072, aims to expand Medicaid eligibility for women of reproductive age in Texas. It introduces a new section, 32.02473, to the Human Resources Code, which mandates that the Health and Human Services Commission provide medical assistance to women who are at least 19 but younger than 50 years old, have a household income at or below 133 percent of the federal poverty level, apply for assistance, and for whom federal matching funds are available. The executive commissioner is tasked with adopting necessary rules to implement this new eligibility criterion.

The bill specifies that the new eligibility provisions will apply only to initial determinations or recertifications of medical assistance eligibility made after the section is implemented, regardless of when the application was submitted. Additionally, it outlines that if a state agency requires a waiver or authorization from a federal agency before implementing any part of the bill, it may delay implementation until such approval is obtained. The act is set to take effect on September 1, 2025.

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