1-1 By: Nelson S.B. No. 1101
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 12, 1993; March 15, 1993, read
1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Health and Human Services;
1-4 April 14, 1993, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
1-5 Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 14, 1993,
1-6 sent to printer.)
1-7 COMMITTEE VOTE
1-8 Yea Nay PNV Absent
1-9 Zaffirini x
1-10 Ellis x
1-11 Madla x
1-12 Moncrief x
1-13 Nelson x
1-14 Patterson x
1-15 Shelley x
1-16 Truan x
1-17 Wentworth x
1-18 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1101 By: Nelson
1-19 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-20 AN ACT
1-21 relating to application and eligibility for Aid to Families with
1-22 Dependent Children program benefits and services.
1-23 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-24 SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 31, Human Resources Code,
1-25 is amended by adding Section 31.0315 to read as follows:
1-26 Sec. 31.0315. DETERMINATION OF PARENTAGE. (a) A parent
1-27 applying for assistance on behalf of a child shall identify the
1-28 parent's spouse or, if unmarried, shall provide the name and last
1-29 known address of the mother or alleged father of the child, as
1-30 applicable.
1-31 (b) If the applying parent is under 18 years of age and
1-32 resides with relatives, the applicant's relatives shall cooperate
1-33 in identifying the other parent.
1-34 (c) A person who is not a parent and who is applying for
1-35 assistance on behalf of a child shall provide the name and last
1-36 known address of the mother and alleged father of the child.
1-37 (d) The department may waive the requirements of this
1-38 section if it determines that there exists a reasonable explanation
1-39 why it is impossible to provide the information required under
1-40 Subsection (a), (b), or (c) or if it would not be in the best
1-41 interests of the child to provide the information. In determining
1-42 whether the best interests of the child warrant waiving the
1-43 information requirements of this section, the department shall
1-44 consider all relevant provisions of federal law and regulations.
1-45 (e) The department shall forward to the attorney general's
1-46 office information received under this section.
1-47 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993.
1-48 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
1-49 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-50 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-51 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-52 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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1-54 Austin,
1-55 Texas
1-56 April 14, 1993
1-57 Hon. Bob Bullock
1-58 President of the Senate
1-59 Sir:
1-60 We, your Committee on Health and Human Services to which was
1-61 referred S.B. No. 1101, have had the same under consideration, and
1-62 I am instructed to report it back to the Senate with the
1-63 recommendation that it do not pass, but that the Committee
1-64 Substitute adopted in lieu thereof do pass and be printed.
1-65 Zaffirini,
1-66 Chair
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1-68 WITNESSES
2-1 FOR AGAINST ON
2-2 ___________________________________________________________________
2-3 Name: Charles G. Childress x
2-4 Representing: Tx Attorney General
2-5 City: Austin
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2-7 Name: Bee Hoorhead x
2-8 Representing: Comptroller
2-9 City: Austin
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2-11 Name: Katherine Greene x
2-12 Representing: Dept of Human Services
2-13 City: Austin
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