Enrolled Bill Summary

            Senate Bill 1423 amends the Human Resources Code to authorize the Texas Department of Human Services to provide supplemental financial assistance to a grandparent who is the primary caretaker of a dependent child and who meets certain income requirements for the support of the dependent child. The supplemental financial assistance may include one or more cash payments, not to exceed a total of $1,000. After a person receives financial assistance on behalf of a dependent child, no other person is eligible to receive financial assistance on behalf of that child. If the department places a child who is in the conservatorship of the state in the home of a grandparent of the child, it must refer the grandparent to available support services and inform the grandparent of the availability of financial assistance, if the grandparent meets eligibility requirements for such assistance.

            The department is required to maintain complete records and compile statistics regarding the number of children the department places in the home of a grandparent of a child and the number of households that receive supplemental financial assistance under those circumstances.