1-1 By: West S.B. No. 297
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed January 19, 2001; January 22, 2001,
1-3 read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Human
1-4 Services; April 9, 2001, reported adversely, with favorable
1-5 Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0;
1-6 April 9, 2001, sent to printer.)
1-7 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 297 By: Shapleigh
1-8 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-9 AN ACT
1-10 relating to providing supplemental financial assistance to certain
1-11 grandparents.
1-12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-13 SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 31.0041, Human Resources
1-14 Code, is amended to read as follows:
1-15 (a) To the extent funds are appropriated for this purpose,
1-16 the department may provide supplemental financial assistance in
1-17 addition to the amount of financial assistance granted for the
1-18 support of a dependent child under Section 31.003 to a person who:
1-19 (1) is 45 [50] years of age or older;
1-20 (2) is the grandparent of the dependent child, as
1-21 defined by Section 31.002, who lives at the person's residence;
1-22 (3) is the primary caretaker of the dependent child;
1-23 (4) has a family income that is at or below 200 [100]
1-24 percent of the federal poverty level; and
1-25 (5) does not have resources that exceed the amount
1-26 allowed for financial assistance under this chapter.
1-27 SECTION 2. If before implementing any provision of this Act
1-28 a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a
1-29 federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision,
1-30 the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or
1-31 authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the
1-32 waiver or authorization is granted.
1-33 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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