Bill > HB922

This bill proposes to create a "Texas Way" to reform and address issues related to the Medicaid program. It includes the creation of an alternative program designed to ensure health benefit plan coverage to certain low-income individuals through the private marketplace. The key provisions of the bill are: 1. Establishing a state Medicaid program that provides benefits under a risk-based Medicaid managed care model, including eligibility criteria, Medicaid sliding scale subsidies, additional cost-sharing subsidies, and a plan to reform the delivery of long-term services and supports. 2. Creating a new program to help connect certain low-income residents with health benefit plan coverage through private market solutions, contingent on obtaining the necessary federal authorization and waivers. This program would provide premium assistance and tailored health benefits with an emphasis on personal responsibility and accountability. 3. Allowing recipients under the state Medicaid program to enroll in the new program to receive premium assistance as an alternative to the traditional Medicaid program. The bill requires the state to actively pursue the necessary federal authorization and waivers to implement these changes, and it allows the state agencies to delay implementation of any provision until the required federal approvals are obtained.