85R1360 LED-F     By: Moody H.B. No. 118       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the personal needs allowance for certain Medicaid   recipients who are residents of long-term care facilities.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 32.024(w), Human Resources Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (w)  The executive commissioner shall set a personal needs   allowance of not less than $75 [$60] a month for a resident of a   convalescent or nursing facility or related institution licensed   under Chapter 242, Health and Safety Code, assisted living   facility, ICF-IID facility, or other similar long-term care   facility who receives medical assistance.  The commission may send   the personal needs allowance directly to a resident who receives   Supplemental Security Income (SSI) (42 U.S.C. Section 1381 et   seq.).  This subsection does not apply to a resident who is   participating in a medical assistance waiver program administered   by the commission.          SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act to Section   32.024(w), Human Resources Code, applies only to a personal needs   allowance paid on or after the effective date of 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 September 1, 2017.