By Carona S.B. No. 812 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.