S.B. No. 1101 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.