HB1719 - Relating to the provision of personal assistance services under the community living assistance and support services (CLASS) waiver program.

  89R3807 AND-D     By: Gervin-Hawkins H.B. No. 1719       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the provision of personal assistance services under the   community living assistance and support services (CLASS) waiver   program.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.   Chapter 546, Government Code, as effective   April 1, 2025, is amended by adding Subchapter J-1 to read as   follows:   SUBCHAPTER J-1.   COMMUNITY LIVING ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT SERVICES   (CLASS) WAIVER PROGRAM           Sec.   546.0471.     PERSONAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES. To the extent   allowed by federal law, the commission shall allow personal   assistance services to be provided to a recipient under the   community living assistance and support services (CLASS) Medicaid   waiver program at any time during a 24-hour period.          SECTION 2.  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 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.