Bill > HB1913

This bill expands Medicaid eligibility in Texas to include all persons for whom federal matching funds are available. It requires the Health and Human Services Commission to provide medical assistance to all eligible applicants and directs the executive commissioner to adopt necessary rules to implement this expanded eligibility. The bill specifies that the expanded eligibility applies to initial determinations and recertifications made on or after the implementation date, regardless of the application date. It also requires the executive commissioner to take necessary actions to expand Medicaid eligibility, including notifying federal agencies, as soon as possible after the bill's effective date of September 1, 2019.