89R4788 AND-F     By: Noble H.B. No. 2865       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a prohibition on conducting an ex parte renewal of a   recipient's Medicaid eligibility.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter J, Chapter 532, Government Code, as   effective April 1, 2025, is amended by adding Section 532.0456 to   read as follows:          Sec. 532.0456.  EX PARTE RENEWALS PROHIBITED. (a) In this   section, "ex parte renewal" means a redetermination of a   recipient's Medicaid eligibility that is conducted automatically   without requiring information from the recipient using information   from verifiable electronic data sources or that is otherwise   available to the commission.          (b)  Except as expressly required by federal law, the   commission or a state agency that administers any part of Medicaid   may not conduct an ex parte renewal of a recipient's Medicaid   eligibility.          SECTION 2.  Not later than the 180th day after the effective   date of this Act, the Health and Human Services Commission shall   seek any waiver or authorization from a federal agency necessary to   implement Section 532.0456, Government Code, as added by this Act.   The commission may delay implementing that section until the waiver   or authorization is granted.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2025.