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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the provision of information regarding certain public |
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assistance programs by public schools. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 38.039 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 38.039. INFORMATION REGARDING CERTAIN PUBLIC |
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ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. (a) On a student's enrollment in, transfer |
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out of, or withdrawal from a school district, the district shall |
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provide to the student and the student's parent information |
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regarding the eligibility requirements for public assistance |
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programs, including: |
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(1) the medical assistance program under Chapter 32, |
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Human Resources Code; |
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(2) the child health plan program under Chapter 62, |
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Health and Safety 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) The agency, in coordination with the Health and Human |
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Services Commission, shall prepare and make available to school |
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districts a model form for the information required to be provided |
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under Subsection (a). |
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(c) In providing the information required under Subsection |
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(a), the school district shall ensure that the student's parent |
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signs a form acknowledging receipt of the information. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024 |
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school year. |
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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, 2023. |