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By: Farias (Senate Sponsor - Van de Putte) |
H.B. No. 2562 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2013; |
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May 7, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Veteran |
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Affairs and Military Installations; May 17, 2013, reported |
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favorably by the following vote: Yeas 4, Nays 0; May 17, 2013, |
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sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to an annual report on the Public Assistance Reporting |
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Information System. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 531.0998(e), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(e) Not later than October 1 of each year [, 2012], the |
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commission, the Texas Veterans Commission, the Veterans' Land |
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Board, and the Department of Aging and Disability Services |
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collectively shall submit to the legislature, the governor, and the |
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Legislative Budget Board a report describing: |
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(1) interagency progress in identifying [the
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frequency] and obtaining Department of Veterans Affairs benefits |
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for veterans receiving Medicaid and other public benefit programs |
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[success with which state agencies have used the system]; |
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(2) the number of veterans benefits claims awarded, |
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the total dollar amount of veterans benefits claims awarded, and |
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the costs to the state that were avoided as a result of state |
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agencies' use of the system; [and] |
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(3) efforts to expand the use of the system and improve |
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the effectiveness of shifting veterans from Medicaid and other |
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public benefits to Department of Veterans Affairs benefits, |
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including any barriers and how state agencies have addressed those |
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barriers; and |
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(4) the extent to which the Texas Veterans Commission |
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has targeted specific populations of veterans, including |
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populations in rural counties and in specific age and |
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service-connected disability categories, in order to maximize |
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benefits for veterans and savings to the state [recommendations for
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future use of the system by state agencies]. |
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SECTION 2. Section 531.0998(f), Government Code, is |
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repealed. |
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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, 2013. |
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