bill covering breast and cervical cancer under Medicaid

The text as introduced · 348 words

89R5957 CMO-D

By: Howard
H.B. No. 1782

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to eligibility for Medicaid for breast and cervical

cancer.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 32.024(y), Human Resources Code, is

amended to read as follows:

(y) The commission shall provide medical assistance to a

person in need of treatment for breast or cervical cancer who is

eligible for that assistance under the Breast and Cervical Cancer

Prevention and Treatment Act of 2000 (Pub. L. No. 106-354) and who

has a family income that is at or below 250 percent of the federal

poverty level. The commission shall provide the assistance for a

continuous period during which the person requires that

treatment. The executive commissioner shall simplify the provider

enrollment process for a provider of that medical assistance and

shall adopt rules to provide for certification of presumptive

eligibility of a person for that assistance. In determining a

person's eligibility for medical assistance under this subsection,

the executive commissioner, to the extent allowed by federal law,

may not require a personal interview.

SECTION 2. Section 32.024(y), Human Resources Code, as

amended by this Act, applies only to an initial determination or

recertification of eligibility of a person for medical assistance

for breast or cervical cancer under Section 32.024(y), Human

Resources Code, made on or after the date the section is

implemented, regardless of the date the person applied for that

assistance.

SECTION 3. 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 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives

a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as

provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this

Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this

Act takes effect September 1, 2025.