80R324 KLA-D | ||
By: Chavez | H.B. No. 52 | |
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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(w), Human Resources Code, is | |||
amended to read as follows: | |||
(w) The department shall set a personal needs allowance of | |||
not less than $60 [ |
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nursing home or related institution licensed under Chapter 242, | |||
Health and Safety Code, personal care facility, ICF-MR facility, or | |||
other similar long-term care facility who receives medical | |||
assistance. The department may send the personal needs allowance | |||
directly to a resident who receives Supplemental Security Income | |||
(SSI) (42 U.S.C. Section 1381 et seq.). This subsection does not | |||
apply to a resident who is participating in a medical assistance | |||
waiver program administered by the department. | |||
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. Section 32.024(w), Human Resources Code, as | |||
amended by this Act, applies only to a personal needs allowance paid | |||
on or after the effective date of this Act. | |||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |