bill lets adoptive parents consent to their Medicaid kid’s care

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89R1095 MM-D

By: Dorazio
H.B. No. 1060

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to ensuring certain adoptive parents may consent to

medical care and access information regarding their child who is

eligible for benefits under Medicaid.

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 32.02474 to read as follows:

Sec. 32.02474. PARENTAL CONSENT AND ACCESS TO INFORMATION

CONCERNING CERTAIN ADOPTED CHILDREN. The commission shall

collaborate with the Department of Family and Protective Services

to ensure that, if applicable, each adoptive parent of a child

adopted from the conservatorship of the department and eligible for

Medicaid is able to:

(1) consent to the medical care provided to the child

under Medicaid; and

(2) provide and receive information regarding the

child's Medicaid benefits, including:

(A) providing and receiving information through

any electronic interface or system used by the commission to

communicate to or about Medicaid recipients; and

(B) providing information to and receiving

information from:

(i) the commission;

(ii) the Medicaid managed care organization

arranging for or providing the managed care plan in which the child

is enrolled; and

(iii) any health care provider providing

services to the child under Medicaid.

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.