(a) The commission shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Texas Juvenile Justice Department to ensure that each individual who is committed, placed, or detained under Title 3, Family Code, is assessed by the commission for eligibility for Medicaid and the child health plan program before that individual’s release from commitment, placement, or detention. Local juvenile probation departments are subject to the requirements of the memorandum.
(c) The memorandum of understanding entered into as required by this section must specify:
(1) the information that must be provided to the commission;
(2) the process by which and time frame within which the information must be provided; and
(3) the roles and responsibilities of all parties to the memorandum, which must include a requirement that the commission pursue the actions needed to complete eligibility applications as necessary.

(d) The memorandum of understanding required by Subsection (a) must be tailored to achieve the goal of ensuring that an individual described by Subsection (a) who is determined eligible by the commission for coverage under Medicaid or the child health plan program is enrolled in the program for which the individual is eligible and may begin receiving services through the program as soon as possible after the eligibility determination is made and, if possible, to achieve the goal of ensuring that the individual may begin receiving those services on the date of the individual’s release from placement, detention, or commitment.
(e) The executive commissioner may adopt rules as necessary to implement this section.

Text of section effective until April 01, 2025