By: White, Guillen (Senate Sponsor - Eckhardt) H.B. No. 1664
         (In the Senate - Received from the House May 12, 2021;
  May 17, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Health &
  Human Services; May 22, 2021, reported adversely, with favorable
  Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 0;
  May 22, 2021, sent to printer.)
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  COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 1664 By:  Campbell
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the reinstatement of eligibility for medical assistance
  of certain children placed in juvenile facilities.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  The heading to Section 32.0264, Human Resources
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 32.0264.  SUSPENSION AND [AUTOMATIC] REINSTATEMENT OF
  ELIGIBILITY FOR CHILDREN IN JUVENILE FACILITIES.
         SECTION 2.  Section 32.0264, Human Resources Code, is
  amended by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
         (b-1)  Notwithstanding Subsection (b), if, during the period
  a child is placed in a juvenile facility, the child is hospitalized
  or becomes an inpatient in another type of medical facility, the
  commission shall reinstate the child's eligibility for medical
  assistance during the period of the child's inpatient stay. The
  executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to implement
  this subsection, including rules governing the procedure for
  reinstating a child's eligibility for medical assistance under this
  subsection.
         SECTION 3.  If before implementing Section 32.0264(b-1),
  Human Resources Code, as added by this Act, the Health and Human
  Services Commission determines that a memorandum of understanding
  between the commission and the Texas Juvenile Justice Department or
  the adoption of policies or procedures is necessary for
  implementation of that provision, the commission may delay
  implementing that provision until the earlier of:
               (1)  the date any necessary memorandum of
  understanding, policies, and procedures are adopted; or
               (2)  March 1, 2022.
         SECTION 4.  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 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
 
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