By Shapleigh                                           S.B. No. 751
         77R4274 SGA-D                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to providing the services of promotoras to certain
 1-3     recipients of medical assistance.
 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 the services of a promotora
 1-8     as defined by Section 48.001, Health and Safety Code, as needed to
 1-9     a person under the medical assistance program.
1-10           SECTION 2. If before implementing any provision of this Act a
1-11     state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a
1-12     federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision,
1-13     the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or
1-14     authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the
1-15     waiver or authorization is granted.
1-16           SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.