By Talton H.B. No. 909 74R1649 MLR-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the level of assistance granted to certain welfare 1-3 recipients. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Chapter 22, Human Resources Code, is amended by 1-6 adding Section 22.0021 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 22.0021. MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE BENEFITS. Notwithstanding 1-8 any other provision of law, a state agency that administers 1-9 financial assistance under Chapter 31 or medical assistance under 1-10 the state Medicaid program may not provide assistance that exceeds 1-11 the minimum level required by federal law for state participation 1-12 in those programs. 1-13 SECTION 2. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 1995, and 1-14 applies to the level of assistance provided after a determination 1-15 of eligibility made by a state agency that administers financial 1-16 assistance under Chapter 31, Human Resources Code, or medical 1-17 assistance under the state Medicaid program on or after that date. 1-18 (b) A person who is receiving financial assistance under 1-19 Chapter 31, Human Resources Code, or medical assistance under the 1-20 state Medicaid program on September 1, 1995, that exceeds the 1-21 minimum level required by federal law is entitled to continue to 1-22 receive that assistance until January 1, 1996. 1-23 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-24 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-1 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-2 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-3 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.