89R3102 SCF-D
 
  By: VanDeaver H.B. No. 5544
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the provision of prosthetic devices to certain Medicaid
  recipients.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 32.024, Human Resources Code, is amended
  by adding Subsection (ff-1) to read as follows:
         (ff-1)  The commission shall provide a prosthetic device
  under the medical assistance program to a recipient who needs the
  device because of a congenital absence, surgical revision, or
  traumatic amputation of an extremity, hip, or shoulder, regardless
  of the recipient's age.
         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, 2025.