78R12419 KKA-D


By:  Delisi                                                       H.B. No. 3485

Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3485:                                   

By:  Uresti                                                   C.S.H.B. No. 3485



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to eligibility of certain persons for services provided 
through the medical transportation program.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 32.024, Human Resources Code, is amended 
by adding Subsection (t-1) to read as follows:
	(t-1)  The department, in its rules governing the medical 
transportation program, may not prohibit a recipient of medical 
assistance from receiving transportation services through the 
program to obtain renal dialysis treatment on the basis that the 
recipient resides in a nursing facility.
	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.