Bill > HB1189

This bill expands eligibility for Medicaid (the state's medical assistance program) to certain working parents for whom federal matching funds are available. Specifically, it requires the Texas Health and Human Services Commission to provide Medicaid to all working parents of dependent children who apply for the assistance, as long as federal funding is available. The bill directs the Commission to adopt necessary rules to implement this expanded eligibility, and it specifies that the new eligibility criteria apply to initial determinations and recertifications of eligibility made on or after the law's implementation date.