Bill Text: TX HB1307 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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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-Introduced.html

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86R3140 AAF-D
By: Hinojosa H.B. No. 1307

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
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. The system may be used for case management
during and after a disaster by persons determined by the division.
The system may include the capability for persons affected by a
disaster to apply for assistance from multiple sources.
(b) The division shall adopt rules necessary to implement
this section.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.