Amend HB 2 (house committee printing) as follows:
(1) Add the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill and cross-references to those SECTIONS accordingly:
SECTION ____. (a) Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 531.02419 to read as follows:
Sec. 531.02419. ELIGIBILITY OF CERTAIN PERSONS FOR CERTAIN BENEFIT PROGRAMS. Unless the department provides a waiver authorizing a pregnant woman to obtain an abortion after the date the post-fertilization age of the unborn child is 20 weeks, to the extent permitted under federal law and notwithstanding any other law, once a pregnant woman who is eligible for Medicaid under Section 32.02472, Human Resources Code, is at least 20 weeks pregnant, each family member of the woman who is also a member of the woman's household is eligible for benefits under the following programs:
(1) the temporary assistance for needy families program under Chapter 31, Human Resources Code;
(2) the Medicaid program under Chapter 32, Human Resources Code; and
(3) the supplemental nutrition assistance program under Chapter 33, Human Resources Code.
(b) The changes in law made by this section apply to an initial determination or redetermination of eligibility of a person for benefits under the temporary assistance for needy families program under Chapter 31, Human Resources Code, the medical assistance program under Chapter 32, Human Resources Code, or the supplemental nutrition assistance program under Chapter 33, Human Resources Code, that is made on or after the effective date of this section.
(c) This section takes effect November 1, 2013.
SECTION ____. (a) Subchapter B, Chapter 32, Human Resources Code, is amended by adding Section 32.02472 to read as follows:
Sec. 32.02472. MEDICAL ASSISTANCE FOR CERTAIN PREGNANT WOMEN TO COVER COSTS RELATED TO CHILDBIRTH. Unless the department provides a waiver authorizing a pregnant woman to obtain an abortion after the date the post-fertilization age of the unborn child is 20 weeks, the department shall provide medical assistance to cover the costs related to prenatal care and childbirth for a pregnant woman:
(1) whose income is less than or equal to 250 percent of the federal poverty level; and
(2) who attempted to obtain an abortion but was denied the abortion because at the time she sought the abortion the post-fertilization age of the unborn child was 20 weeks or more.
(b) The changes in law made by this section apply to an initial determination or redetermination of eligibility of a person for medical assistance under Chapter 32, Human Resources Code, that is made on or after the effective date of this section.
(c) This section takes effect November 1, 2013.
SECTION ____. (a) Subchapter A, Chapter 302, Labor Code, is amended by adding Section 302.0048 to read as follows:
Sec. 302.0048. ELIGIBILITY FOR CHILD CARE BENEFITS FUNDED UNDER CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT. Unless the department provides a waiver authorizing a pregnant woman to obtain an abortion after the date the post-fertilization age of the unborn child is 20 weeks, to the extent permitted under federal law and to the extent the woman is not otherwise eligible, once a pregnant woman who is eligible for Medicaid under Section 32.02472, Human Resources Code, is at least 20 weeks pregnant, the woman is eligible to receive child care funded wholly or partly from money received under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. Section 9858 et seq.) for each of her dependent children for the duration of the woman's pregnancy.
(b) This section takes effect November 1, 2013.
SECTION ____. 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.
(2) On page 19, line 13, strike "This Act" and substitute "Except as otherwise provided by this Act, this Act".
(3) On page 19, lines 15-16, strike "Constitution. If" and substitute "Constitution, but if".