By Hirschi                                            H.B. No. 2789
                                 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
    1-1                                AN ACT
    1-2  relating to the establishment of paternity and the enforcement of
    1-3  child support for certain alleged fathers.
    1-4        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
    1-5        SECTION 1.  Section 192.005, Health and Safety Code, is
    1-6  amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
    1-7        (d)  If the items relating to the child's father are not
    1-8  completed on a birth certificate filed with the state registrar,
    1-9  the state registrar shall notify the attorney general.
   1-10        SECTION 2.  Chapter 13, Family Code, is amended by adding
   1-11  Section 13.015 to read as follows:
   1-12        Sec. 13.015.  ASSISTANCE OF ATTORNEY GENERAL.  On
   1-13  notification by the state registrar under Section 192.005(d),
   1-14  Health and Safety Code, that the items relating to the child's
   1-15  father are not completed on a birth certificate filed with the
   1-16  state registrar, the attorney general shall provide to the child's
   1-17  mother and the child's biological father, if possible, written
   1-18  information necessary for the biological father to complete a
   1-19  statement of paternity as provided by Section 13.22, Family Code.
   1-20  The attorney general also shall provide the mother of the child
   1-21  with written information that explains the benefits of having the
   1-22  child's paternity established and provides information regarding
   1-23  the availability of paternity establishment services and child
    2-1  support enforcement services.
    2-2        SECTION 3.  Section 13.22, Family Code, is amended by adding
    2-3  Subsection (f) to read as follows:
    2-4        (f)  The statement of paternity under this section must
    2-5  include the social security number of the father.
    2-6        SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1993, and
    2-7  applies only to birth certificate filed on or after that date.
    2-8        SECTION 5.  The importance of this legislation and the
    2-9  crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
   2-10  emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
   2-11  constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
   2-12  days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
   2-13  and this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
   2-14  passage, and it is so enacted.