Sec. 32.0255. TRANSITIONAL MEDICAL ASSISTANCE

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(a) The state shall provide transitional medical assistance, in accordance with state rules and federal law, to a person who was receiving financial assistance under Chapter 31 but is no longer eligible to receive the assistance because:
(1) the person's household income has increased; or
(2) the person has exhausted the person's benefits under Section 31.0065.
(b) Except as provided by Section 31.012(c), the state may provide the medical assistance only until the earlier of:
(1) the end of the applicable period prescribed by Section 31.0065 for the provision of transitional benefits; or
(2) the first anniversary of the date on which the person becomes ineligible for financial assistance because of increased household income.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 655, Sec. 3.03, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

                    
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