HB5544 - Relating to the provision of prosthetic devices to certain Medicaid recipients.

  89R3102 SCF-D     By: VanDeaver H.B. No. 5544       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the provision of prosthetic devices to certain Medicaid   recipients.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 32.024, Human Resources Code, is amended   by adding Subsection (ff-1) to read as follows:           (ff-1)     The commission shall provide a prosthetic device   under the medical assistance program to a recipient who needs the   device because of a congenital absence, surgical revision, or   traumatic amputation of an extremity, hip, or shoulder, regardless   of the recipient's age.          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.