Bill Text: TX HB3463 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to information provided to recipients of certain assistance programs.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-05-07 - Postponed [HB3463 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB3463-Introduced.html

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83R11370 KKR-F
By: Bohac H.B. No. 3463

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to information provided to recipients of certain
assistance programs.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 531, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 531.192 to read as follows:
Sec. 531.192. PROVISION OF INFORMATION UPON
RECERTIFICATION. (a) This section applies to:
(1) the financial assistance program under Chapter 31,
Human Resources Code;
(2) the medical assistance program under Chapter 32,
Human Resources Code; and
(3) the supplemental nutrition assistance program
under Chapter 33, Human Resources Code.
(b) At the time a person is recertified as eligible to
receive benefits or assistance under a program listed in Subsection
(a), the commission shall provide information regarding the total
amount of benefits or assistance received by the person under all of
the programs during the preceding 12 months.
SECTION 2. Section 531.192, Government Code, as added by
this Act, applies to a person for whom a recertification of
eligibility for benefits or assistance under Chapter 31, 32, or 33,
Human Resources Code, is made on or after the effective date of this
Act.
SECTION 3. If before implementing any provision of this Act
a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a
federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision,
the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or
authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the
waiver or authorization is granted.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.