79R7165 UM-D

By:  West, Royce                                                  S.B. No. 819



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to providing supplemental financial assistance to certain 
grandparents.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 31.0041(b), Human Resources Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(b)  Supplemental financial assistance provided to a person 
under this section may include one or more cash payments, not to 
exceed a total of $1,500 [$1,000], after determination of 
eligibility for supplemental financial assistance under this 
section.
	SECTION 2.  If before implementing any provision of this Act 
a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a 
federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, 
the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or 
authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the 
waiver or authorization is granted.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.