Amend SB 1207 on third reading by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 531.0605 to read as follows:
Sec. 531.0605. MEDICALLY DEPENDENT CHILDREN PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS; NURSING FACILITY LEVEL OF CARE. To the extent allowed by federal law, the commission may not require that a child reside in a nursing facility for an extended period of time to meet the nursing facility level of care required for the child to be determined eligible for the medically dependent children (MDCP) waiver program.