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.