Bill Text: TX HB1307 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of a disaster case management system by the Texas Division of Emergency Management.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB1307 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1307-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 1307 | ||
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| relating to the creation of a disaster case management system by the | ||
| Texas Division of Emergency Management. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 418, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 418.054 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 418.054. DISASTER CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. (a) The | ||
| division shall, subject to the availability of funds, contract with | ||
| a vendor to develop and maintain an electronic disaster case | ||
| management system. | ||
| (b) The system developed under Subsection (a) may be used | ||
| for case management during and after a disaster by persons selected | ||
| by the division, including: | ||
| (1) a person affected by a disaster; | ||
| (2) a municipality or county affected by a disaster; | ||
| (3) the Health and Human Services Commission; | ||
| (4) the General Land Office; | ||
| (5) the Department of State Health Services; | ||
| (6) the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles; | ||
| (7) the Texas Workforce Commission; | ||
| (8) the Texas Department of Insurance; | ||
| (9) the Department of Agriculture; | ||
| (10) appropriate federal agencies; and | ||
| (11) any other appropriate entity. | ||
| (c) The system developed under Subsection (a) may include | ||
| the capability for a person affected by a disaster to apply for | ||
| assistance from multiple sources. The system must allow the person | ||
| to control which other users of the system have access to | ||
| information submitted by the person to the system. | ||
| (d) Information collected or maintained by the system | ||
| developed under Subsection (a) that could identify a person | ||
| affected by a disaster is confidential and not subject to | ||
| disclosure under Chapter 552. The information may be disclosed to a | ||
| governmental body described by Subsection (b) for the purpose of | ||
| disaster relief or recovery. | ||
| (e) The division shall adopt rules necessary to implement | ||
| this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 1307 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 30, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 1, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 1307 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 21, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
