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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the provision of services to certain children under the |
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Medicaid medical transportation 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 531, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 531.024141 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 531.024141. MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM SERVICES |
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FOR CERTAIN CHILDREN. (a) The commission shall provide: |
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(1) medical transportation program services to an |
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eligible child described by Subsection (b); and |
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(2) reimbursement for those services. |
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(b) A child is eligible to receive medical transportation |
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program services under this section: |
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(1) if the child is younger than 13 years of age; |
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(2) if the child's mother is: |
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(A) a recipient of Medicaid during a pregnancy; |
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and |
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(B) using medical transportation program |
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services to travel to and from a covered health care service related |
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to the pregnancy, including postpartum care; and |
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(3) regardless of whether the child is also a |
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recipient of Medicaid. |
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(c) The executive commissioner may adopt rules to implement |
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this section. |
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SECTION 2. 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 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |