1-1  By:  Raymond, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini)     H.B. No. 1053
    1-2        (In the Senate - Received from the House May 15, 1995;
    1-3  May 16, 1995, read first time and referred to Committee on Health
    1-4  and Human Services; May 19, 1995, reported favorably by the
    1-5  following vote:  Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 19, 1995, sent to printer.)
    1-6                         A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
    1-7                                AN ACT
    1-8  relating to funding for victims of family violence.
    1-9        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
   1-10        SECTION 1.  Chapter 51, Human Resources Code, is amended by
   1-11  adding Section 51.0051 to read as follows:
   1-12        Sec. 51.0051.  MAXIMIZING FEDERAL FUNDING FOR PROGRAMS TO
   1-13  BENEFIT VICTIMS OF FAMILY VIOLENCE.  To maximize the state's
   1-14  receipt of federal matching funds for emergency assistance under
   1-15  Part A of Title IV of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
   1-16  Section 601 et seq.), the department shall:
   1-17              (1)  ensure that a contract made under Section 51.003
   1-18  includes provisions necessary to maximize federal funding for
   1-19  services for victims of family violence;
   1-20              (2)  file amendments to the state's plan for aid and
   1-21  services to needy families with children under Part A of Title IV
   1-22  of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 601 et seq.)
   1-23  that are necessary to maximize federal funding; and
   1-24              (3)  establish by rule any reporting procedures that
   1-25  federal law requires as a condition of receiving federal matching
   1-26  funds.
   1-27        SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1995.
   1-28        SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the
   1-29  crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
   1-30  emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
   1-31  constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
   1-32  days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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