Bill Text: TX HB3321 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to rules respecting a person's eligibility for medical assistance.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-17 - Referred to Human Services [HB3321 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB3321-Introduced.html
| 84R12031 ADM-D | ||
| By: Tinderholt | H.B. No. 3321 | |
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| relating to rules respecting a person's eligibility for medical | ||
| assistance. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 32.026, Human Resources Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: | ||
| (a-1) Rules adopted under Subsection (a) must require that: | ||
| (1) a person applying for medical assistance or having | ||
| the person's eligibility for medical assistance recertified | ||
| provide the department with proof of: | ||
| (A) at least one month's income from all sources | ||
| received; and | ||
| (B) residency in this state; and | ||
| (2) the department provide a recipient notice of the | ||
| requirements for continued eligibility at least 60 days before the | ||
| date the recipient's eligibility for medical assistance will expire | ||
| with a warning that if the recipient fails to fulfill the | ||
| requirements, the recipient's eligibility for medical assistance | ||
| will cease on the last day of the eligibility period. | ||
| SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
| of this Act but not later than December 31, 2015, the executive | ||
| commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall | ||
| adopt the rules required by Section 32.026, Human Resources Code, | ||
| as amended by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 32.026, Human Resources Code, as amended | ||
| by this Act, applies to an initial determination or redetermination | ||
| of eligibility of a person for medical assistance under Chapter 32, | ||
| Human Resources Code, that is made on or after January 1, 2016. | ||
| SECTION 4. 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 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
