By:  Nelson                                           S.B. No. 1101
                                 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                                        AN ACT
    1-1  relating to application and eligibility for Aid to Families with
    1-2  Dependent Children program benefits and services.
    1-3        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
    1-4        SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 31, Human Resources Code,
    1-5  is amended by adding Section 31.0315 to read as follows:
    1-6        Sec. 31.0315.  DETERMINATION OF PARENTAGE.  (a)  A parent
    1-7  applying for assistance on behalf of a child shall identify the
    1-8  parent's spouse or, if unmarried, shall provide the name and last
    1-9  known address of the mother or alleged father of the child, as
   1-10  applicable.
   1-11        (b)  If the applying parent is under 18 years of age and
   1-12  resides with relatives, the applicant's relatives shall cooperate
   1-13  in identifying the other parent.
   1-14        (c)  A person who is not a parent and who is applying for
   1-15  assistance on behalf of a child shall provide the name and last
   1-16  known address of the mother and alleged father of the child.
   1-17        (d)  The department may waive the requirements of this
   1-18  section if it determines that there exists a reasonable explanation
   1-19  why it is impossible to provide the information required under
   1-20  Subsection (a), (b), or (c) or if it would not be in the best
   1-21  interests of the child to provide the information.  In determining
   1-22  whether the best interests of the child warrant waiving the
   1-23  information requirements of this section, the department shall
    2-1  consider all relevant provisions of federal law and regulations.
    2-2        (e)  The department shall forward to the attorney general's
    2-3  office information received under this section.
    2-4        SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1993.
    2-5        SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the
    2-6  crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
    2-7  emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
    2-8  constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
    2-9  days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.