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78R105 CLG-D

By:  Uresti                                                       H.B. No. 1343



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to providing interpreter services to recipients of medical 
assistance or their parents or guardians.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 32.024, Human Resources Code, is amended 
by adding Subsection (z) to read as follows:
	(z)  In this subsection, "deaf" and "hard of hearing" have 
the meanings assigned by Section 81.001.  The department shall 
provide interpreter services as requested during the receipt of 
medical assistance under this chapter to:
		(1)  a person receiving that assistance who is deaf or 
hard of hearing; or
		(2)  a parent or guardian of a person receiving that 
assistance if the parent or guardian is deaf or hard of hearing.
	SECTION 2.  If before implementing any provision of this Act 
a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a 
federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, 
the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or 
authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the 
waiver or authorization is granted.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.