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By:  Villarreal, Veasey, et al.                                   H.B. No. 630

Substitute the following for H.B. No. 630:                                    

By:  Davis of Dallas                                          C.S.H.B. No. 630



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the distribution of federal earned income tax credit 
information to persons receiving assistance or benefits under 
certain health and human services programs.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government Code, is 
amended by adding Section 531.087 to read as follows:
	Sec. 531.087.  DISTRIBUTION OF EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT 
INFORMATION.  (a)  The commission shall ensure that educational 
materials relating to the federal earned income tax credit are 
provided in accordance with this section to each person receiving 
assistance or benefits under:
		(1)  the child health plan program;                                    
		(2)  the financial assistance program under Chapter 31, 
Human Resources Code;
		(3)  the medical assistance program under Chapter 32, 
Human Resources Code;
		(4)  the food stamp program under Chapter 33, Human 
Resources Code; or
		(5)  another appropriate health and human services 
program.          
	(b)  In accordance with Sections 531.0312 and 531.0317, the 
commission shall, by mail or through the Internet or residential 
telephone directories, as applicable, provide a person described by 
Subsection (a) with access to:
		(1)  Internal Revenue Service publications relating to 
the federal earned income tax credit or information prepared by the 
comptroller under Section 403.025 relating to that credit;
		(2)  federal income tax forms necessary to claim the 
federal earned income tax credit; and
		(3)  the location of at least one program in close 
geographic proximity to the person that provides free federal 
income tax preparation services to low-income and other eligible 
persons.
	(c)  In January of each year, the commission or a 
representative of the commission shall mail to each person 
described by Subsection (a) information about the federal earned 
income tax credit that provides the person with referrals to the 
resources described by Subsection (b).
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.