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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to ensuring certain adoptive parents may consent to |
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medical care and access information regarding their child who is |
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eligible for benefits under Medicaid. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 32, Human Resources Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 32.02474 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 32.02474. PARENTAL CONSENT AND ACCESS TO INFORMATION |
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CONCERNING CERTAIN ADOPTED CHILDREN. The commission shall |
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collaborate with the Department of Family and Protective Services |
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to ensure that, if applicable, each adoptive parent of a child |
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adopted from the conservatorship of the department and eligible for |
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Medicaid is able to: |
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(1) consent to the medical care provided to the child |
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under Medicaid; and |
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(2) provide and receive information regarding the |
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child's Medicaid benefits, including: |
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(A) providing and receiving information through |
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any electronic interface or system used by the commission to |
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communicate to or about Medicaid recipients; and |
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(B) providing information to and receiving |
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information from: |
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(i) the commission; |
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(ii) the Medicaid managed care organization |
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arranging for or providing the managed care plan in which the child |
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is enrolled; and |
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(iii) any health care provider providing |
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services to the child under Medicaid. |
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SECTION 2. If before implementing any provision of this Act |
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a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a |
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federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, |
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the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or |
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authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the |
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waiver or authorization is granted. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |