Bill Text: TX HB2970 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a consolidated eligibility screening process for benefits under certain assistance programs.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-12 - Referred to Human Services [HB2970 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2970-Introduced.html
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| By: Martinez Fischer | H.B. No. 2970 | |
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| relating to a consolidated eligibility screening process for | ||
| benefits under certain assistance programs. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 531.024183 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 531.024183. CONSOLIDATED SCREENING FOR ASSISTANCE | ||
| PROGRAMS. (a) The executive commissioner shall ensure that | ||
| commission employees who conduct eligibility screenings for | ||
| assistance programs use a consolidated eligibility screening | ||
| procedure for an individual who personally appears at a commission | ||
| office to apply for benefits on behalf of the individual or the | ||
| individual's child. The consolidated screening must allow for an | ||
| eligibility screening for each of the following programs: | ||
| (1) the child health plan program; | ||
| (2) the financial assistance program under Chapter 31, | ||
| Human Resources Code; | ||
| (3) Medicaid; and | ||
| (4) the supplemental nutrition assistance program | ||
| under Chapter 33, Human Resources Code. | ||
| (b) The procedure must ensure that an individual who is | ||
| identified through the screening as eligible for an assistance | ||
| program is assisted in applying for and enrolling in the program for | ||
| which the individual or the individual's child is eligible. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 62.104(a), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (a) The executive commissioner shall develop eligibility | ||
| screening and enrollment procedures for children that comply with | ||
| the requirements of 42 U.S.C. Section 1397bb, as amended, Section | ||
| 531.024183, Government Code, and any other applicable law or | ||
| regulations. The procedures shall ensure that Medicaid-eligible | ||
| children are identified and referred to the Medicaid program. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
