Bill Text: TX HB3787 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the determination of an applicant's eligibility for any program administered by the Health and Human Services Commission.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB3787 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB3787-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 3787 |
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relating to the determination of an applicant's eligibility for any | ||
program administered by the Health and Human Services Commission. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 521.044(a) and (c), Transportation | ||
Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) Information provided on a driver's license application | ||
that relates to the applicant's social security number may be used | ||
only by the department or disclosed only to: | ||
(1) the child support enforcement division of the | ||
attorney general's office; | ||
(2) another state entity responsible for enforcing the | ||
payment of child support; | ||
(3) the United States Selective Service System as | ||
provided by Section 521.147; [ |
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(4) the unclaimed property division of the | ||
comptroller's office; or | ||
(5) the Health and Human Services Commission. | ||
(c)(1) On the request of a state entity responsible for | ||
investigating or enforcing the payment of child support, the | ||
department shall disclose information regarding an applicant's | ||
social security number. | ||
(2) On the request of the Health and Human Services | ||
Commission and for the purpose of assisting the commission in | ||
determining an applicant's eligibility for any program | ||
administered by the commission, the department shall disclose | ||
information regarding an applicant's social security number. | ||
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 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, 2013. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 3787 was passed by the House on May 2, | ||
2013, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 3787 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
22, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |