85S10875 KKR-D
 
  By: Walle H.B. No. 254
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the automatic enrollment of certain women in the Texas
  women's health program.
         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 32.02491 to read as follows:
         Sec. 32.02491.  AUTOMATIC ENROLLMENT OF CERTAIN WOMEN IN
  TEXAS WOMEN'S HEALTH PROGRAM. (a) In this section, "Texas women's
  health program" means a program operated by the commission that is
  substantially similar to the demonstration project operated by the
  Department of State Health Services under former Section 32.0248
  and that is intended to expand access to preventive health and
  family planning services for women in this state.
         (b)  Subject to the eligibility requirements of the Texas
  women's health program, the commission shall automatically enroll a
  woman in the program following a pregnancy for which the woman
  received benefits through the medical assistance program if she is
  no longer eligible to participate in the medical assistance
  program.  The commission shall implement the automatic enrollment
  in a manner that:
               (1)  ensures a seamless transition in the provision of
  services between the medical assistance program and the Texas
  women's health program; and
               (2)  allows a woman to begin receiving services through
  the Texas women's health program on the first day the woman is no
  longer eligible for the medical assistance program.
         (c)  The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary
  to implement this section.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect December 1, 2017.