By Coleman                                            H.B. No. 2420
         77R3061 CLG-D                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the establishment of a pilot program to extend Medicaid
 1-3     coverage to certain low-income parents of children receiving
 1-4     Medicaid.
 1-5           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-6           SECTION 1.  PILOT PROGRAM TO EXTEND MEDICAID COVERAGE TO
 1-7     PARENTS OF CHILDREN RECEIVING MEDICAID. (a)  The Health and Human
 1-8     Services Commission by rule shall develop and implement a pilot
 1-9     program in accordance with 42 U.S.C. Section 1396u-1(b)(2), as
1-10     amended, to provide medical assistance under the state Medicaid
1-11     program to a low-income individual who:
1-12                 (1)  is the parent of a child receiving that
1-13     assistance; and
1-14                 (2)  is not otherwise eligible for that assistance.
1-15           (b)  The commission shall determine the sites in which to
1-16     implement the pilot program.
1-17           SECTION 2.  REPORT. Not later than December 1, 2002, the
1-18     Health and Human Services Commission shall submit a report to the
1-19     legislature regarding the cost-effectiveness of the pilot program
1-20     established under Section 1 of this Act.  The report must include
1-21     recommendations regarding elimination, continuation, or expansion
1-22     of the pilot program.
1-23           SECTION 3.  WAIVER. If before implementing Section 1 of this
1-24     Act, the Health and Human Services Commission determines that a
 2-1     waiver or authorization from a federal agency is necessary for
 2-2     implementation, the commission shall request the waiver or
 2-3     authorization and may delay implementing this Act until the waiver
 2-4     or authorization is granted.
 2-5           SECTION 4.  EFFECTIVE AND EXPIRATION DATES. (a)  This Act
 2-6     takes effect September 1, 2001.
 2-7           (b)  This Act expires September 1, 2003.