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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 |
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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. (a) In this |
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section, "system" means the Public Assistance Reporting |
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Information System (PARIS) operated by the Administration for |
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Children and Families of the United States Department of Health and |
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Human Services. |
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(b) The commission, the Department of Aging and Disability |
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Services, the Texas Veterans Commission, and the Veterans' Land |
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Board 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 generate fiscal savings for the state. |
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(c) Not later than October 15, 2012, the commission, the |
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Department of Aging and Disability Services, the Texas Veterans |
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Commission, and the Veterans' Land Board collectively shall submit |
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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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(d) Subsection (c) and this subsection expire September 2, |
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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 Department of Aging and Disability |
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Services, the Texas Veterans Commission, and the Veterans' Land |
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Board shall enter into a memorandum of understanding as required by |
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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. |