By Maxey                                               H.B. No. 391
         77R2655 SGA-D                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the provision of donor human milk to certain infants
 1-3     under the medical assistance program.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Section 32.024, Human Resources Code, is amended
 1-6     by adding Subsection (x) to read as follows:
 1-7           (x)  The department shall provide donor human milk to a
 1-8     hospitalized infant for whom the milk is prescribed by a physician.
 1-9           SECTION 2. If before implementing any provision of this Act a
1-10     state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a
1-11     federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision,
1-12     the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or
1-13     authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the
1-14     waiver or authorization is granted.
1-15           SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.