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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 (H.B. 2292) and 1251 (S.B. 1862), Acts of |
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the 78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, is reenacted and |
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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. |
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SECTION 2. Not later than October 1, 2009, the executive |
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commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall |
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adopt rules as necessary under Section 32.024(i), Human Resources |
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Code, as amended by Chapters 198 (H.B. 2292) and 1251 (S.B. 1862), |
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Acts of the 78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, and this Act, |
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that, to the extent possible, are substantively identical to the |
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rules relating to the medically needy program that were in effect on |
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August 31, 2003. |
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SECTION 3. If before implementing any provision of this Act |
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a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a |
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federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, |
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the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or |
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authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the |
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waiver or authorization is granted. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |