85R18620 KKR-D     By: Davis of Harris H.B. No. 1158     Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1158:     By:  Price C.S.H.B. No. 1158       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the content of an application for Medicaid.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 32.025, Human Resources Code, is amended   by adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:          (g)  The application form adopted under this section must   include:                (1)  for an applicant who is pregnant, a question   regarding whether the pregnancy is the woman's first gestational   pregnancy; and                (2)  a question regarding the applicant's preferences   for being contacted, as follows:                      "If you are determined eligible for benefits, your   managed care organization or health plan provider may contact you   by telephone, text message, or e-mail about health care matters,   including reminders for appointments and information about   immunizations or well check visits. All preferred methods of   contact listed on this application will be shared with your managed   care organization or health plan provider.  Please indicate below   your preferred methods of contact in order of preference, with the   number 1 being the most preferable method:                (1)  By telephone (if contacted by cellular telephone,   the call may be autodialed or prerecorded, and your carrier's usage   rates may apply)? Yes No                Telephone number: _____________                Order of preference: 1 2 3 (circle a number)                (2)  By text message (a free autodialed service, but   your carrier may charge message and data rates)? Yes No                Cellular telephone number: ______________                Order of preference: 1 2 3 (circle a number)                (3)  By e-mail? Yes No                E-mail address: __________________                Order of preference: 1 2 3 (circle a number)".          SECTION 2.  Not later than January 1, 2018, the executive   commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall   adopt a revised application form for medical assistance benefits   that conforms to the requirements of Section 32.025(g), Human   Resources Code, as added by this Act.          SECTION 3.  If before implementing any provision of this Act   a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a   federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision,   the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or   authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the   waiver or authorization is granted.          SECTION 4.  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, 2017.