SRC-MKV S.B. 48 77(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   S.B. 48
77R568 JMM-DBy: Zaffirini
Health and Human Services
2/18/2001
As Filed


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

As proposed, S.B. 48 will require the Texas Department of Human Services to
impose a greater penalty, a deduction of not less than 25 percent of the
amount of assistance, for noncompliance with the child support program if
the family consists of at least six persons if the family is a two-parent
family or at least seven persons if the family is a single-parent family.
The purpose of this legislation is to comply with federal requirements
regarding child-support noncompliance. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

Rulemaking authority is expressly granted to Texas Department of Human
Services in SECTION 1 (Section 31.0032, Human Resources Code) of this bill.

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 31.0032, Human Resources Code, by amending
Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (d), to require that the Texas
Department of Human Services' rules for the imposition of sanctions or
penalties on a person for whom a noncompliance determination has been made
under Section 231.115 (Noncooperation by Recipient of Public Assistance),
Family Code, to provide for the deduction of not less than 25 percent of
the amount of assistance that would otherwise be provided to the person's
family under certain conditions.  Deletes reference to Chapter 911
(relating to the implementation of the child support enforcement
provisions), Acts of the 75th Legislature, Regular Session, 1997. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date: September 1, 2001. 
            Makes application of this Act prospective.