87R4775 BDP-D
 
  By: White, Guillen H.B. No. 1664
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the reinstatement of eligibility for medical assistance
  of certain children placed in juvenile facilities.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  The heading to Section 32.0264, Human Resources
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 32.0264.  SUSPENSION AND [AUTOMATIC] REINSTATEMENT OF
  ELIGIBILITY FOR CHILDREN IN JUVENILE FACILITIES.
         SECTION 2.  Section 32.0264, Human Resources Code, is
  amended by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
         (b-1)  Notwithstanding Subsection (b), if, during the period
  a child is placed in a juvenile facility, the child is hospitalized
  or becomes an inpatient in another type of medical facility, the
  commission shall reinstate the child's eligibility for medical
  assistance during the period of the child's inpatient stay. The
  executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to implement
  this subsection, including rules governing the procedure for
  reinstating a child's eligibility for medical assistance under this
  subsection.
         SECTION 3.  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 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.