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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requiring an interagency memorandum of understanding |
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regarding the Public Assistance Reporting Information System and to |
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the use of data from that system. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 531.0998 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 531.0998. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING REGARDING |
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PUBLIC ASSISTANCE REPORTING INFORMATION SYSTEM; MAXIMIZATION OF |
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BENEFITS. (a) In this section, "system" means the Public |
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Assistance Reporting Information System (PARIS) operated by the |
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Administration for Children and Families of the United States |
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Department of Health and Human Services. |
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(b) The commission, the Texas Veterans Commission, the |
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Veterans' Land Board, and the Department of Aging and Disability |
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Services shall enter into a memorandum of understanding for the |
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purposes of: |
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(1) coordinating and collecting information about the |
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use and analysis among state agencies of data received from the |
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system; and |
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(2) developing new strategies for state agencies to |
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use system data in ways that: |
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(A) generate fiscal savings for the state; and |
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(B) maximize the availability of and access to |
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benefits for veterans. |
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(c) The commission, the Texas Veterans Commission, and the |
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Department of Aging and Disability Services shall coordinate to |
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assist veterans in maximizing the benefits available to each |
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veteran by using the system. |
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(d) The commission and the Texas Veterans Commission |
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together may determine the geographic scope of the efforts |
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described by Subsection (c). |
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(e) Not later than October 1, 2012, the commission, the |
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Texas Veterans Commission, the Veterans' Land Board, and the |
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Department of Aging and Disability Services collectively shall |
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submit to the governor and the Legislative Budget Board a report |
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describing: |
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(1) the frequency and success with which state |
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agencies have used the system; |
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(2) the costs to the state that were avoided as a |
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result of state agencies' use of the system; and |
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(3) recommendations for future use of the system by |
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state agencies. |
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(f) Subsection (e) and this subsection expire September 1, |
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2013. |
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SECTION 2. Not later than December 1, 2011, the Health and |
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Human Services Commission, the Texas Veterans Commission, the |
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Veterans' Land Board, and the Department of Aging and Disability |
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Services shall enter into a memorandum of understanding as required |
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by Section 531.0998, Government Code, as added by this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |