Amend HB 2466 (senate committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. (a) Section 32.025, Human Resources Code, is amended by adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
(g) The application form adopted under this section must include:
(1) for an applicant who is pregnant, a question regarding whether the pregnancy is the woman's first gestational pregnancy; and
(2) a question regarding the applicant's preferences for being contacted, as follows:
"If you are determined eligible for benefits, your managed care organization or health plan provider may contact you by telephone, text message, or e-mail about health care matters, including reminders for appointments and information about immunizations or well check visits. All preferred methods of contact listed on this application will be shared with your managed care organization or health plan provider. Please indicate below your preferred methods of contact in order of preference, with the number 1 being the most preferable method:
(1) By telephone (if contacted by cellular telephone, the call may be autodialed or prerecorded, and your carrier's usage rates may apply)? Yes No
Telephone number: _____________
Order of preference: 1 2 3 (circle a number)
(2) By text message (a free autodialed service, but your carrier may charge message and data rates)? Yes No
Cellular telephone number: ______________
Order of preference: 1 2 3 (circle a number)
(3) By e-mail? Yes No
E-mail address: __________________
Order of preference: 1 2 3 (circle a number)".
(b) Not later than January 1, 2018, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall adopt a revised application form for medical assistance benefits that conforms to the requirements of Section 32.025(g), Human Resources Code, as added by this section.