86R7688 KKR-D
 
  By: J. Johnson of Dallas H.B. No. 2029
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the automatic enrollment of certain women in the
  Healthy Texas Women program.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Section 531.09971 to read as follows:
         Sec. 531.09971.  AUTOMATIC ENROLLMENT OF CERTAIN WOMEN IN
  HEALTHY TEXAS WOMEN PROGRAM. (a)  In this section:
               (1)  "CHIP perinatal program" means the perinatal
  program operated under the child health plan program established
  under Chapter 62, Health and Safety Code.
               (2)  "Healthy Texas Women program" means a program
  operated by the commission that is substantially similar to the
  demonstration project operated under former Section 32.0248, Human
  Resources Code, and that is intended to expand access to preventive
  health and family planning services for women in this state.
         (b)  Subject to the eligibility requirements of the Healthy
  Texas Women program, the commission shall identify and
  automatically enroll in the program a woman who is enrolled in the
  CHIP perinatal program but who will lose eligibility for benefits
  under that program when the woman is no longer pregnant. The
  commission shall implement the automatic enrollment in a manner
  that:
               (1)  ensures a seamless transition in the provision of
  services between the CHIP perinatal program and the Healthy Texas
  Women program; and
               (2)  allows a woman to begin receiving services through
  the Healthy Texas Women program on the first day the woman is no
  longer eligible for enrollment in the CHIP perinatal program.
         (c)  The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary
  to implement this section.
         SECTION 2.  If before implementing any provision of this Act
  a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a
  federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision,
  the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or
  authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the
  waiver or authorization is granted.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.