Amend CSSB 10 (house committee printing) by adding the
following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and
renumbering subsequent SECTIONS accordingly:
SECTION ____. (a) Section 531.02444, Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 531.02444. MEDICAID BUY-IN PROGRAMS [PROGRAM] FOR
CERTAIN PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES. (a) The executive commissioner
shall develop and implement:
(1) a Medicaid buy-in program for persons with
disabilities as authorized by the Ticket to Work and Work
Incentives Improvement Act of 1999 (Pub. L. No. 106-170) or the
Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (Pub. L. No. 105-33); and
(2) subject to availability of existing funds for this
purpose, a Medicaid buy-in program for disabled children described
by 42 U.S.C. Section 1396a(cc)(1) whose family incomes do not
exceed 300 percent of the applicable federal poverty level, as
authorized by the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (Pub. L. No.
109-171).
(b) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules in
accordance with federal law that provide for:
(1) eligibility requirements for each [the] program
developed under Subsection (a); and
(2) requirements for participants in the program to
pay premiums or cost-sharing payments, subject to Subsection (c).
(c) Rules adopted by the executive commissioner under
Subsection (b) with respect to the program for disabled children
developed under Subsection (a)(2) must require a participant to pay
monthly premiums according to a sliding scale that is based on
family income, subject to the requirements of 42 U.S.C. Sections
1396o(i)(2) and (3).
(b) Not later than December 1, 2007, the executive
commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall,
subject to availability of funds, develop and implement the
Medicaid buy-in program for disabled children under Section
531.02444, Government Code, as amended by this section.