Bill > HB509

This bill expands eligibility for Medicaid, the state-federal health insurance program, to all persons for whom federal matching funds are available. It requires the Texas Health and Human Services Commission to provide medical assistance to all who apply and are eligible for federal funding. The bill directs the executive commissioner to adopt necessary rules to implement this expanded eligibility, and specifies that the changes apply to initial determinations and recertifications of eligibility made on or after the implementation date, regardless of the application date. The bill also requires the executive commissioner to take actions to expand eligibility, including notifying federal agencies, as soon as possible after the law's effective date of September 1, 2021.