By Coleman                                            H.B. No. 1156
         77R3202 SGA-D                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to expanding access to women's health care services.
 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1. Section 32.024, Human Resources Code, is amended
 1-5     by adding Subsection (x) to read as follows:
 1-6           (x)  The department shall set the income eligibility cap for
 1-7     medical assistance at 185 percent of the federal poverty level for
 1-8     preventive health and family planning services for women.
 1-9           SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 32, Human Resources Code, is
1-10     amended by adding Section 32.0247 to read as follows:
1-11           Sec. 32.0247. IDENTIFICATION OF OTHER FUNDING SOURCES FOR
1-12     CLIENTS OF MEDICAL ASSISTANCE. The department shall compile a list
1-13     of potential funding sources a client can use to help pay for
1-14     treatment for health problems:
1-15                 (1)  identified using preventive health services
1-16     provided to the client under the medical assistance program; and
1-17                 (2)  for which the client is not eligible to receive
1-18     treatment under the program.
1-19           SECTION 3. If before implementing any provision of this Act a
1-20     state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a
1-21     federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision,
1-22     the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or
1-23     authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the
1-24     waiver or authorization is granted.
 2-1           SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.