79R14515 KLA-F


By:  Chavez, Turner, Giddings, Luna, Dutton,                      H.B. No. 288
 
    et al.                                                                   

Substitute the following for H.B. No. 288:                                    

By:  Reyna                                                    C.S.H.B. No. 288



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the personal needs allowance for certain Medicaid 
recipients who are residents of long-term care facilities.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 32.024, Human Resources Code, is amended 
by adding Subsection (w-1) to read as follows:
	(w-1)  Subject to Subsection (w) and the availability of 
funds, the department may set a personal needs allowance described 
by Subsection (w) in an amount not to exceed $60.  This subsection 
expires September 1, 2007.
	SECTION 2.  Section 32.024(w-1), Human Resources Code, as 
added by this Act, applies to a personal needs allowance paid on or 
after the effective date of this Act.
	SECTION 3.  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 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.