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TX HB814

Bill

Status

Introduced

11/12/2024

Primary Sponsor

Diego Bernal

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Origin

House of Representatives

89th Legislature Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires the Health and Human Services Commission to provide Medicaid coverage to all individuals eligible for federal matching funds under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), effectively expanding Medicaid in Texas

  • Directs the executive commissioner to adopt rules implementing the expanded eligibility and to notify appropriate federal agencies of the expansion

  • Mandates an annual report to the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house, and relevant legislative committees by December 1 each year on the effects of expansion

  • Annual report must address impacts on: number of uninsured Texans, state health care costs (including general revenue expenditures), local health care costs, and hospital charity/uncompensated care costs

  • Takes effect September 1, 2025, with provisions applying to eligibility determinations made on or after the implementation date

Legislative Description

Relating to the expansion of eligibility for Medicaid to certain individuals under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Human Services

Last Action

Referred to Appropriations

3/5/2025

Committee Referrals

Appropriations3/5/2025

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