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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the personal needs allowance for certain Medicaid |
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recipients who are residents of long-term care facilities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 32.024(w), Human Resources Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(w) The executive commissioner shall set a personal needs |
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allowance of not less than $75 [$60] a month for a resident of a |
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convalescent or nursing facility or related institution licensed |
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under Chapter 242, Health and Safety Code, assisted living |
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facility, ICF-IID facility, or other similar long-term care |
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facility who receives medical assistance. The commission may send |
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the personal needs allowance directly to a resident who receives |
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Supplemental Security Income (SSI) (42 U.S.C. Section 1381 et |
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seq.). This subsection does not apply to a resident who is |
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participating in a medical assistance waiver program administered |
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by the commission. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section |
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32.024(w), Human Resources Code, applies only to a personal needs |
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allowance paid on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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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, 2017. |