Bill Text: TX HB3537 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to collecting information and requiring reimbursement from certain recipients of certain public benefits.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-10 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB3537 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB3537-Introduced.html
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| By: Taylor of Collin | H.B. No. 3537 | |
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| relating to collecting information and requiring reimbursement | ||
| from certain recipients of certain public benefits. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Sections 531.024181 and 531.024182 to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| Sec. 531.024181. COLLECTION OF IMMIGRATION FORMS FROM | ||
| RECIPIENTS OF CERTAIN BENEFITS. (a) If, at the time of application | ||
| for benefits, a person states that the person is a qualified alien, | ||
| as that term is defined by 8 U.S.C. Section 1641(b), the commission | ||
| shall make a reasonable effort to obtain copies of the immigration | ||
| forms the person submitted for admission into the United States if | ||
| the person is determined eligible for and begins receiving benefits | ||
| under any of the following benefits programs: | ||
| (1) the child health plan program under Chapter 62, | ||
| Health and Safety Code; | ||
| (2) the financial assistance program under Chapter 31, | ||
| Human Resources Code; | ||
| (3) the medical assistance program under Chapter 32, | ||
| Human Resources Code; or | ||
| (4) the nutritional assistance program under Chapter | ||
| 33, Human Resources Code. | ||
| (b) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary | ||
| to implement this section, including rules that specify the | ||
| immigration forms that the commission shall seek to obtain under | ||
| Subsection (a). | ||
| (c) Nothing in this section adds to or changes the | ||
| eligibility requirements for any of the benefits programs listed in | ||
| Subsection (a). | ||
| Sec. 531.024182. COLLECTION OF INFORMATION AND | ||
| REIMBURSEMENT REQUIRED FROM CERTAIN BENEFITS RECIPIENTS WHO ARE | ||
| SPONSORED ALIENS. (a) In this section, "sponsored alien" means a | ||
| person who has been lawfully admitted to the United States for | ||
| permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 | ||
| U.S.C. Section 1101 et seq.) and who, as a condition of admission, | ||
| was sponsored by a person who executed an affidavit of support on | ||
| behalf of the person. | ||
| (b) If, at the time of application for benefits, a person | ||
| states that the person is a sponsored alien, the commission shall | ||
| make a reasonable effort to obtain copies of the forms related to | ||
| the sponsorship, including the affidavit of support executed by the | ||
| person's sponsor, if the person is determined eligible for and | ||
| begins receiving benefits under any of the following benefits | ||
| programs: | ||
| (1) the child health plan program under Chapter 62, | ||
| Health and Safety Code; | ||
| (2) the financial assistance program under Chapter 31, | ||
| Human Resources Code; | ||
| (3) the medical assistance program under Chapter 32, | ||
| Human Resources Code; or | ||
| (4) the nutritional assistance program under Chapter | ||
| 33, Human Resources Code. | ||
| (c) After the commission verifies that a person who receives | ||
| benefits under a program listed in Subsection (b) is a sponsored | ||
| alien, the commission shall seek reimbursement from the person or | ||
| the person's sponsor for any benefits provided to the person under | ||
| those programs to the extent allowed by federal law. | ||
| (d) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary | ||
| to implement this section, including rules that specify the forms | ||
| related to sponsorship that the commission shall seek to obtain | ||
| under Subsection (b) and the procedures by which the commission | ||
| will seek reimbursement under Subsection (c). | ||
| (e) Nothing in this section adds to or changes the | ||
| eligibility requirements for any of the benefits programs listed in | ||
| Subsection (b). | ||
| SECTION 2. 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 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
