78R7826 CLG-F
By: Christian H.B. No. 2054
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to TANF and Medicaid benefits for additional children born
to TANF recipients.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 31, Human Resources Code,
is amended by adding Section 31.0038 to read as follows:
Sec. 31.0038. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR ADDITIONAL
DEPENDENT CHILDREN. (a) The department may not provide financial
assistance for the support of a child born to a recipient of
financial assistance at least 10 months after the date on which the
recipient initially began receiving the assistance.
(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a child born to a
recipient who reapplies for financial assistance after not
receiving the assistance for the 12 consecutive months preceding
the date of the reapplication.
(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the state shall provide
to a child prohibited by that subsection from receiving financial
assistance:
(1) child care and other support services provided
under this chapter to a dependent child; and
(2) medical assistance.
SECTION 2. If before implementing Section 31.0038, Human
Resources Code, as added by this Act, the Texas Department of Human
Services determines that a waiver or authorization from a federal
agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, the
department shall request the waiver and may delay implementing that
provision until the waiver or authorization is granted.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003, and
applies only to a child born on or after July 1, 2004, to a recipient
of financial assistance under Chapter 31, Human Resources Code,
who, on behalf of another child born to the recipient, receives the
assistance on or after the effective date of this Act, regardless of
the date on which eligibility for that assistance was determined.