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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the automatic enrollment of certain women in the Texas |
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women's health program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 32, Human Resources Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 32.02491 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 32.02491. AUTOMATIC ENROLLMENT OF CERTAIN WOMEN IN |
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TEXAS WOMEN'S HEALTH PROGRAM. (a) In this section, "Texas women's |
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health program" means a program operated by the commission that is |
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substantially similar to the demonstration project operated by the |
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Department of State Health Services under former Section 32.0248 |
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and that is intended to expand access to preventive health and |
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family planning services for women in this state. |
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(b) Subject to the eligibility requirements of the Texas |
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women's health program, the commission shall automatically enroll a |
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woman in the program following a pregnancy for which the woman |
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received benefits through the medical assistance program if she is |
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no longer eligible to participate in the medical assistance |
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program. The commission shall implement the automatic enrollment |
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in a manner that: |
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(1) ensures a seamless transition in the provision of |
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services between the medical assistance program and the Texas |
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women's health program; and |
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(2) allows a woman to begin receiving services through |
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the Texas women's health program on the first day the woman is no |
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longer eligible for the medical assistance program. |
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(c) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary |
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to implement this section. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect December 1, 2017. |