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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the restoration of the medically needy program under |
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the state Medicaid program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 32.024(i), Human Resources Code, as |
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amended by Chapters 198 and 1251, Acts of the 78th Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 2003, is reenacted and amended to read as follows: |
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(i) The [Subject to appropriated state funds, the] |
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department in its adoption of rules shall establish a medically |
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needy program that serves pregnant women, children, and caretakers |
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who have high medical expenses. At a minimum, the program must |
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serve recipients, including adult recipients, in the same manner |
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and at the same level that services were provided to recipients |
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under the medically needy program during the state fiscal biennium |
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ending August 31, 2003. Expenditures by the department for the |
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program may not be made contingent on the contribution of local |
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matching funds. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |