By skyforbes 
Her Texas Bill extends Medicaid coverage for one year postpartum.
Dallas Representative in the Texas House, Toni Rose, is making progress on her bill to expand Medicaid coverage for postpartum people as the 2021 Texas Legislative session comes to a season close.
After Texas passes the heartbeat bill limiting abortion access, Representative Rose hopes to prove Texans care about women and children after pregnancy ends.
Dallas Representative Toni Rose sponsored House Bill 133. She proposed extending Medicaid benefits to low-income women after they have a baby. Rose told The Austin Statesman, “For the past few years, I’ve heard from families across the state who have lost loved ones due to complications of childbirth. Believe me when I say that this issue knows no political or geographical boundaries.”
Under current guidelines, pregnant people qualify for Medicaid for sixty days after delivery. During the Covid-19 pandemic, Texas extended postpartum Medicaid coverage for one year. Some women qualify for a Healthy Texas Women program that provides contraception access and basic primary care coverage.
House Bill 133 is titled “Relating to the provision of certain benefits under Medicaid and the Healthy Texas Women program…