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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to information provided to recipients of certain |
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assistance programs. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 531, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 531.192 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 531.192. PROVISION OF INFORMATION UPON |
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RECERTIFICATION. (a) This section applies to: |
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(1) the financial assistance program under Chapter 31, |
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Human Resources Code; |
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(2) the medical assistance program under Chapter 32, |
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Human Resources Code; and |
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(3) the supplemental nutrition assistance program |
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under Chapter 33, Human Resources Code. |
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(b) At the time a person is recertified as eligible to |
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receive benefits or assistance under a program listed in Subsection |
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(a), the commission shall provide information regarding the total |
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amount of benefits or assistance received by the person under all of |
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the programs during the preceding 12 months. |
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SECTION 2. Section 531.192, Government Code, as added by |
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this Act, applies to a person for whom a recertification of |
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eligibility for benefits or assistance under Chapter 31, 32, or 33, |
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Human Resources Code, is made on or after the effective date of this |
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Act. |
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SECTION 3. If before implementing any provision of this Act |
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a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a |
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federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, |
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the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or |
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authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the |
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waiver or authorization is granted. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |