System updates will be applied on February 19, 2026 at 6:00 PM. These updates will include changes to the user interface. Work is expected to take approximately 30 minutes to complete, during which the site will be unavailable.
Amend CSSB 1 by adding the following appropriately numbered
rider to Article VIII of the bill after the appropriations to the
Public Utility Commission of Texas:
____. Integrated Eligibility Process. It is the intent of
the legislature that, by December 31, 2009, to improve enrollment
with the telephone lifeline program to the maximum extent feasible,
using funds appropriated for Strategy B.1.1, the Public Utility
Commission of Texas shall implement to the maximum extent
permissible by law automatic enrollment through memoranda of
understanding with the Health and Human Services Commission and
with public housing authorities in the principal cities of each
standard metropolitan statistical area, as provided by Sections
17.007 and 55.015, Utilities Code.