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AN ACT
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relating to the duration of services provided under Medicaid to |
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women following a pregnancy. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. LEGISLATIVE PURPOSE. Out of the state's |
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profound respect for the lives of mothers and unborn children, |
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Medicaid coverage is extended for mothers whose pregnancies end in |
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the delivery of the child or end in the natural loss of the child. |
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SECTION 2. Section 32.024(l-1), Human Resources Code, is |
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amended 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: |
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(1) six months following the date the woman delivers |
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or experiences an involuntary miscarriage; and |
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(2) 12 months that begins on the last day of the |
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woman's pregnancy and ends on the last day of the month in which the |
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12-month period ends in accordance with Section 1902(e)(16), Social |
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Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1396a(e)(16)). |
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SECTION 3. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human |
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Services Commission shall, in accordance with Section 1902(e)(16), |
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Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1396a(e)(16)), seek from the |
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appropriate federal agency an amendment to the state's Medicaid |
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state plan to implement Section 32.024(l-1)(2), Human Resources |
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Code, as added by this Act. The commission may delay implementing |
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this Act until the state plan amendment is approved. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 12 was passed by the House on April |
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21, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 132, Nays 8, 0 present, not |
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voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to |
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H.B. No. 12 on May 23, 2023, and requested the appointment of a |
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conference committee to consider the differences between the two |
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houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report |
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on H.B. No. 12 on May 28, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 134, |
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Nays 9, 1 present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 12 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 21, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays |
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0; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference |
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committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and |
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that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No. |
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12 on May 28, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |