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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) Notwithstanding Section 32.024(e), |
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Human Resources Code, 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'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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(2) regardless of whether the child is also a |
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recipient of Medicaid. |
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(c) The mother of a child receiving medical transportation |
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program services under this section must provide: |
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(1) if required by law, a child passenger safety seat |
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system as defined under Section 545.412, Transportation Code; and |
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(2) any other equipment that the child needs in order |
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to safely receive medical transportation program services. |
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(d) In addition to state and federal money, the commission |
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may accept gifts and grants from any source to provide medical |
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transportation program services to an eligible child under this |
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section. |
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(e) The executive commissioner may adopt rules to implement |
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this section. |
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SECTION 2. In order to implement Section 531.024141, |
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Government Code, as added by this Act, as soon as practicable after |
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the effective date of this Act, the Health and Human Services |
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Commission shall apply for and actively seek: |
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(1) a waiver or other authorization from the federal |
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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services or other appropriate |
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federal agency; and |
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(2) federal money that may be available for the |
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purpose of that section. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |