78R2133 KEG-D
By: Duncan S.B. No. 941
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the continuous eligibility of certain children for
medical assistance benefits.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 10(c), Chapter 584, Acts of the 77th
Legislature, Regular Session, 2001, is amended to read as follows:
(c) The Health and Human Services Commission or the
appropriate state agency operating part of the medical assistance
program under Chapter 32, Human Resources Code, shall adopt rules
required by Section 32.0261, Human Resources Code, as added by this
Act, so that the rules take effect in accordance with that section
not earlier than September 1, 2005 [2002, or later than June 1,
2003]. The rules must provide for a 12-month period of continuous
eligibility in accordance with that section for a child whose
initial or continued eligibility is determined on or after the
effective date of the rules.
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 immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.