Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the state to expand eligibility for Medicaid to certain individuals under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

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90R617 LRM-F

By: Bucy
H.J.R. No. 21

A JOINT RESOLUTION

proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the state to expand

eligibility for Medicaid to certain individuals under the federal

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

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

SECTION 1. Article XVI, Texas Constitution, is amended by

adding Section 74 to read as follows:

Sec. 74. The state shall provide medical assistance to all

individuals who apply for that assistance and for whom federal

matching funds are available under the Patient Protection and

Affordable Care Act (Pub. L. No. 111-148), as amended by the Health

Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Pub. L. No.

111-152), to the state to provide that assistance.

SECTION 2. The following temporary provision is added to

the Texas Constitution:

TEMPORARY PROVISION. (a) This temporary provision applies

to the constitutional amendment proposed by the 90th Legislature,

Regular Session, 2027, requiring the state to expand eligibility

for Medicaid to all individuals for whom federal matching funds are

available under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care

Act.

(b) Section 74, Article XVI, of this constitution takes

effect January 1, 2028.

(c) This temporary provision expires January 1, 2029.

SECTION 3. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be

submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 2, 2027.

The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the

proposition: "The constitutional amendment requiring the state to

expand eligibility for Medicaid to all individuals for whom federal

matching funds are available under the federal Patient Protection

and Affordable Care Act."