Bill Text: TX HB3076 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the improvement of efficiencies in benefit applications submitted to the Health and Human Services Commission.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-20 - Left pending in committee [HB3076 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB3076-Introduced.html
| By: Rose | H.B. No. 3076 | |
|
|
||
|
|
||
| relating to the improvement of efficiencies in benefit applications | ||
| submitted to the Health and Human Services Commission. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Sections 531.03171 and 531.03172 to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| Sec. 531.03171. REQUIREMENTS FOR THIRD-PARTY ENTITIES | ||
| ELECTRONICALLY SUBMITTING BENEFIT APPLICATIONS TO THE COMMISSION. | ||
| (a) A third-party entity that electronically submits benefit | ||
| applications on behalf of clients for assistance programs | ||
| administered by the commission shall: | ||
| (1) provide or facilitate the provision of information | ||
| or assistance to clients at a physical location in the state; | ||
| (2) assist clients with the establishment of an online | ||
| account for benefit assistance programs on the client benefits | ||
| website administered by the commission; and | ||
| (3) provide clients the opportunity to submit a full | ||
| and complete benefit application in the format prescribed by the | ||
| commission, to the maximum extent possible. | ||
| (b) A third-party entity may partner or contract with | ||
| another entity for assistance submitting benefit applications to | ||
| the commission to the extent the third-party entity meets the | ||
| requirements of Subsection (a). | ||
| (c) A third-party entity shall use a data collection | ||
| application system that matches the information requirements of the | ||
| benefit applications prescribed by the commission. | ||
| (d) A third-party entity may not be a for-profit entity. | ||
| (e) A third-party entity does not include: | ||
| (1) an authorized representative as defined by the | ||
| commission or federal law for the respective assistance program; | ||
| (2) a person, community-based organization, or | ||
| faith-based organization participating in the Community-Based | ||
| Navigator Program under Subchapter S; or | ||
| (3) an organization participating in the Electronic | ||
| Eligibility Information Pilot Project under Section 531.02415. | ||
| Sec. 531.03172. COMMISSION STANDARDS FOR THIRD-PARTY | ||
| ENTITIES SUBMITTING BENEFIT APPLICATIONS. (a) The commission | ||
| shall establish minimum standards and technical requirements by | ||
| contract, memorandum of understanding, or other agreement with | ||
| third-party entities electronically submitting benefit | ||
| applications on behalf of clients for programs administered by the | ||
| commission. The standards may include requirements for payment to | ||
| the commission for the costs of implementing technology changes | ||
| required by the contract, memorandum of understanding, or other | ||
| agreement. | ||
| SECTION 2. The Health and Human Services Commission will | ||
| implement the amendments made by this Act to the extent | ||
| implementation is consistent with federal law. | ||
| SECTION 3. 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, 2015. | ||
