88R7319 JG-D
 
  By: Cortez H.B. No. 2216
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the period of continuous eligibility for the medical
  assistance program.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 32.0261(b), Human Resources Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  The executive commissioner shall adopt rules in
  accordance with 42 U.S.C. Section 1396a(e)(12), as amended, to
  provide for a period of continuous eligibility [two consecutive
  periods of eligibility] for a child to which this section applies
  [between each certification and recertification of the child's
  eligibility, subject to Subsections (f) and (h)]. The rules must
  provide that the child remains eligible for medical assistance,
  without additional review by the commission and regardless of
  changes in the child's resources or income, until the earlier of:
               (1)  the first anniversary of the date on which the
  child's eligibility was determined; or
               (2)  the child's 19th birthday.
         SECTION 2.  Sections 32.0261(c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h),
  (j), (k), and (l), Human Resources Code, are repealed.
         SECTION 3.  If before implementing any provision of this Act
  a state agency determines that any other 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, 2023.