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.