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By: Lucio |
S.B. No. 1677 |
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(In the Senate - Filed March 9, 2017; March 22, 2017, read |
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first time and referred to Committee on Veteran Affairs & Border |
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Security; April 24, 2017, reported adversely, with favorable |
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Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; |
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April 24, 2017, sent to printer.) |
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1677 |
By: Lucio |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to information about services for women veterans provided |
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through certain state agency applications. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 434, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 434.212 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 434.212. APPLICATION FOR STATE AGENCY PROGRAMS, |
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SERVICES, OR ASSISTANCE. (a) This section applies to a state |
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agency in the executive branch of state government, including a |
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health and human services agency, that provides to adult women in |
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this state a program, a service, or assistance, including the |
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Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, the supplemental |
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nutrition assistance program, the women's health program, |
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Medicaid, the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, |
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Infants, and Children, and a housing program or service or housing |
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assistance. |
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(b) A state agency shall include in each application for a |
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program, a service, or assistance provided by the agency to adult |
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women: |
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(1) a space to indicate whether the applicant is a |
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veteran; and |
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(2) model language informing the applicant that she |
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may be entitled to additional services because of her veteran |
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status. |
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(c) The commission shall develop the model language |
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required on an application under Subsection (b)(2). The language |
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must include a link to the veterans website established under |
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Section 434.102 or, for an online application, a hyperlink to that |
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website. |
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SECTION 2. (a) Not later than December 1, 2017, the Texas |
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Veterans Commission shall develop the model application language |
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required by Section 434.212, Government Code, as added by this Act, |
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and post that information on the commission's Internet website. |
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(b) Not later than March 1, 2018, each state agency subject |
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to Section 434.212, Government Code, as added by this Act, shall |
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modify the agency's application for programs, services, or |
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assistance as necessary to implement that section. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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