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Amend CSHB 2962 by adding the following appropriately
numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS
of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government Code,
is amended by adding Section 531.095 to read as follows:
Sec. 531.095. IMPLEMENTATION OF MEASURES TO ACHIEVE
CASELOAD AND COST-SAVINGS ESTIMATES. (a) To attain the state and
federal cost-savings and reduced rates of unintended pregnancies
estimated in the waiver application, or any renewal waiver
application, submitted to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services for implementation of the demonstration project
authorized under Section 32.0248, Human Resources Code, the
commission shall implement effective education, outreach, and
other measures designed to increase participation in the
demonstration project and through the increased participation
achieve the caseload and cost-saving estimates stated in the waiver
application.
(b) The commission, in complying with Subsection (a), may
not take any action to decrease the level of programs and services
designed to reduce the number of unintended pregnancies and lower
the rates of sexually transmitted diseases to below the level of
programs and services provided on September 1, 2009.
SECTION ____. Section 32.0248, Human Resources Code, is
amended by adding Subsections (b-1), (b-2), and (b-3) to read as
follows:
(b-1) The department shall identify women potentially
eligible for participation in the demonstration project following
pregnancies for which the women received benefits through the
medical assistance program and assist those women in establishing
eligibility for the demonstration project. Benefits received
through the demonstration project shall begin as soon as possible
after eligibility for the medical assistance program terminates.
(b-2) The department shall modify any applicable
administrative procedures to allow a woman described by Subsection
(b-1) to seamlessly transition from participation in the medical
assistance program to participation in the demonstration project
without a gap in medical coverage.
(b-3) The department shall require any entity that provides
information and services to participants in the medical assistance
program to provide the following information to women who are
potentially eligible for the demonstration project:
(1) a description of benefits available through the
demonstration project; and
(2) information on how to apply for enrollment in the
demonstration project.