83S10531 EES-D
 
  By: Munoz, Jr. H.B. No. 87
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the expansion of eligibility for Medicaid in certain
  counties under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care
  Act.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subtitle I, Title 4, Government Code, is amended
  by adding Chapter 540 to read as follows:
  CHAPTER 540. WAIVER TO EXPAND MEDICAID IN CERTAIN COUNTIES
         Sec. 540.001.  DEFINITION. In this chapter, "Medicaid" 
  means the medical assistance program established under Title XIX,
  Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1396 et seq.).
         Sec. 540.002.  FEDERAL AUTHORIZATION FOR MEDICAID EXPANSION
  IN CERTAIN COUNTIES. (a) On the request of a county and
  notwithstanding any other law, the executive commissioner shall, on
  behalf of the county, seek a waiver under Section 1115 of the
  federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1315) to the state
  Medicaid plan to expand the categories of persons eligible for
  Medicaid benefits by allowing the county to provide Medicaid
  benefits to any resident of the county:
               (1)  who is not otherwise eligible to receive Medicaid
  benefits under the program established under Chapter 32, Human
  Resources Code, and operated by the state, including through a
  waiver, other than one granted under this section, to the program;
               (2)  who applies to receive Medicaid benefits; and
               (3)  for whom federal matching funds are available
  under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Pub. L. No.
  111-148) as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation
  Act of 2010 (Pub. L. No. 111-152) to provide Medicaid benefits.
         (b)  The terms of a waiver under this section must:
               (1)  specify how, and with the assistance of what
  entities, the county will implement and operate a delivery system
  for the provision of Medicaid benefits to persons described by
  Subsection (a);
               (2)  specify the role of the commission in facilitating
  the provision of those Medicaid benefits;
               (3)  identify the sources of funds to be used to pay the
  state's share of the cost of Medicaid benefits provided by the
  county;
               (4)  establish qualifications for a person to be
  considered a resident of the county for purposes of receiving
  Medicaid benefits from the county; and
               (5)  if appropriate, prescribe changes to the
  commission's eligibility determination process for Medicaid
  benefits to accommodate the expanded categories of persons eligible
  to receive Medicaid benefits from the county.
         (c)  The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary
  to implement this section.
         SECTION 2.  Not later than December 1, 2013, the executive
  commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall
  adopt rules necessary to implement Section 540.002, Government
  Code, as added by this Act, including rules that specify procedures
  by which a county may request that the executive commissioner seek a
  waiver under that section.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect October 1, 2013.