Bill Text: TX HB1886 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to a study on streamlining public safety net programs to reduce costs and improve outcomes for recipients under the programs.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-05-12 - Laid on the table subject to call [HB1886 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB1886-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to a study on streamlining public safety net programs to reduce costs and improve outcomes for recipients under the programs.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-05-12 - Laid on the table subject to call [HB1886 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB1886-Introduced.html
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By: Noble | H.B. No. 1886 |
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relating to a study of streamlining welfare programs in Texas to | ||
reduce costs and improve outcomes for beneficiaries. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. (a) In this section: | ||
(1) "Welfare" means programs run by the federal | ||
government and/or the State of Texas that provide food, medical, | ||
and financial assistance to individuals who qualify based on need. | ||
For the purposes of this study, "welfare" refers to the following | ||
programs: | ||
(A) Temporary Assistance for Needy Families | ||
(TANF); | ||
(B) Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program | ||
(SNAP); | ||
(C) Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for | ||
Women, Infants, and Children (WIC); | ||
(D) Medicaid; | ||
(E) Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP); | ||
(F) Child Care and Early Learning Services | ||
Program; and | ||
(G) Comprehensive Energy Assistance Program | ||
(CEAP) programs. | ||
(b) The Legislative Budget Board must study welfare | ||
programs available in the State of Texas for the purpose of | ||
streamlining program eligibility requirements, resources, and | ||
services to improve outcomes for beneficiaries and reduce costs to | ||
taxpayers. The study must cover each of the five years prior to the | ||
date this Act takes effect. The board must: | ||
(1) examine: | ||
(A) State taxpayer dollars expended per welfare | ||
program; | ||
(B) Total state and federal dollars expended per | ||
welfare program in the state; | ||
(C) Services provided by each program; | ||
(D) Number of beneficiaries per program; | ||
(E) Information on the income, employment | ||
status, marital status, number of dependents, and geographic region | ||
of residence for beneficiaries of the program; | ||
(F) Duplication of services and administrative | ||
activities across welfare programs; | ||
(G) Percent of program dollars that reach the | ||
intended beneficiaries of the program; | ||
(H) Percent of program dollars expended on staff | ||
and administrative expenses; | ||
(I) Percent of beneficiaries who move off each | ||
program because they no longer meet income qualification | ||
requirements; | ||
(J) Recidivism rate for each program; | ||
(K) The average length of time between an initial | ||
application for benefits and approval; and | ||
(L) Percent of prospective beneficiaries who | ||
begin, but never submit applications. | ||
(2) conduct a cost-benefit analysis comparing the cost | ||
of providing each welfare program examined with its effectiveness | ||
at moving beneficiaries to self-sufficiency. | ||
(3) perform a statistical analysis of the data and | ||
information collected under Subdivisions (1) and (2) of this | ||
subsection; and | ||
(4) make recommendations for simplifying and | ||
streamlining welfare programs in Texas to improve outcomes and | ||
lower costs to taxpayers. | ||
(c) Any agency or department that manages or administers | ||
benefits under a program identified in Section (a)(1) must provide | ||
requested data to the Legislative Budget Board in a timely manner. | ||
(d) The Legislative Budget Board must prepare a report based | ||
on the findings of the study conducted under this section and must | ||
submit the report to each member of the legislature not later than | ||
September 1, 2022. The report must also be posted to the Legislative | ||
Budget Board's public internet website. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |