Bill Text: TX SB1493 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the provision of Medicaid benefits to certain children adopted from the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-14 - Referred to Health & Human Services [SB1493 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB1493-Introduced.html
| By: Paxton | S.B. No. 1493 | |
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| relating to the provision of Medicaid benefits to certain children | ||
| adopted from the conservatorship of the Department of Family and | ||
| Protective Services. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 162.304(b-1), Family Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (b-1) Subject to the availability of funds, the department | ||
| shall pay a $150 subsidy each month for the premiums for health | ||
| benefits coverage for a child with respect to whom a court has | ||
| entered a final order of adoption if the child: | ||
| (1) was in the conservatorship of the department at | ||
| the time of the child's adoptive placement; | ||
| (2) after the adoption, is eligible for and not | ||
| receiving medical assistance under Chapter 32, Human Resources | ||
| Code; and | ||
| (3) is younger than 18 years of age. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 533, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 533.00531 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 533.00531. POST-ADOPTION MEDICAID BENEFITS FOR | ||
| CERTAIN CHILDREN FORMERLY IN FOSTER CARE. (a) This section | ||
| applies only with respect to an adopted child who: | ||
| (1) is younger than 18 years of age; and | ||
| (2) was in the conservatorship of the Department of | ||
| Family and Protective Services at the time the child was adopted. | ||
| (b) To the extent permitted by federal law, the commission, | ||
| in consultation with the Department of Family and Protective | ||
| Services, shall develop and implement a program that allows the | ||
| adoptive parent of a child described by Subsection (a), regardless | ||
| of the income or resources of the parent, to elect on behalf of the | ||
| child to receive or, if applicable, continue receiving benefits: | ||
| (1) under the STAR Health program; or | ||
| (2) if the child has a severe disability, as defined by | ||
| commission rule, under the STAR Kids managed care program. | ||
| (c) The program required by this section must: | ||
| (1) ensure each child receives benefits under the STAR | ||
| Health program that are comparable to the benefits the child would | ||
| have received had the child remained in the conservatorship of the | ||
| Department of Family and Protective Services; and | ||
| (2) protect the continuity of care for each child and, | ||
| if applicable, ensure coordination between the STAR Health program | ||
| and the STAR Kids managed care program for each child with a severe | ||
| disability who is transitioning between the programs. | ||
| (d) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary | ||
| to implement this section. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 162.304(f), Family Code, is repealed. | ||
| SECTION 4. As soon as possible after the effective date of | ||
| this Act, the Health and Human Services Commission shall apply for | ||
| and actively pursue from the federal Centers for Medicare and | ||
| Medicaid Services or other appropriate federal agency any waiver or | ||
| other authorization necessary to implement Section 533.00531, | ||
| Government Code, as added by this Act. The commission may delay | ||
| implementing this Act until the waiver or authorization is granted. | ||
| SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
