HB3072 - Relating to the expansion of eligibility for Medicaid to certain women.

  89R5702 CMO-D     By: Howard H.B. No. 3072       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the expansion of eligibility for Medicaid to certain   women.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 32, Human Resources Code,   is amended by adding Section 32.02473 to read as follows:           Sec.   32.02473.     EXPANDED ELIGIBILITY FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE   FOR CERTAIN WOMEN OF REPRODUCTIVE AGE. (a)   Notwithstanding any   other law, the commission shall provide medical assistance to each   woman in this state:                 (1)     who is of reproductive age, including each woman   who is at least 19 years of age or older but younger than 50 years of   age;                   (2)     who has a household income that is at or below 133   percent of the federal poverty level;                 (3)  who applies for the assistance; and                 (4)  for whom federal matching money is available.           (b)     The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary   to implement this section.          SECTION 2.  Section 32.02473, Human Resources Code, as added   by this Act, applies only to an initial determination or   recertification of eligibility of an individual for medical   assistance under Chapter 32, Human Resources Code, made on or after   the date the section is implemented, regardless of the date the   individual applied for that assistance.          SECTION 3.  As soon as practicable after the effective date   of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human   Services Commission shall take all necessary actions to expand   eligibility for medical assistance under Chapter 32, Human   Resources Code, in accordance with Section 32.02473, Human   Resources Code, as added by this Act, including notifying   appropriate federal agencies of that expanded eligibility.          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, 2025.