Bill Text: TX HB4013 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to studies on homeless veterans and youth.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-23 - Referred to Human Services [HB4013 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB4013-Introduced.html
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| By: Turner of Harris | H.B. No. 4013 | |
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| relating to studies on homeless veterans and youth. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 2306, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subchapter OO to read as follows: | ||
| SUBCHAPTER OO. HOMELESS VETERANS AND YOUTH | ||
| Sec. 2306.1101. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: | ||
| (1) "Homeless veteran" means a person who has served | ||
| on active duty in the armed forces of the United States or in the | ||
| state military forces as defined by Section 437.001 and who: | ||
| (A) lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate | ||
| nighttime residence, including a person who is: | ||
| (i) temporarily allowed to stay in the | ||
| house of another person due to loss of housing; | ||
| (ii) temporarily living in a motel or | ||
| hotel; | ||
| (iii) living in an emergency shelter; or | ||
| (iv) abandoned in a hospital; | ||
| (B) has a primary nighttime residence that is a | ||
| public or private place not designed or ordinarily used as a regular | ||
| sleeping accommodation for humans; or | ||
| (C) is living in a car, park, other public space, | ||
| abandoned building, substandard housing, bus or train station, or | ||
| similar setting. | ||
| (2) "Homeless youth" means a person who is younger | ||
| than 25 years of age, including a migratory child as defined by | ||
| Section 1309, Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 | ||
| U.S.C. Section 6399), and who: | ||
| (A) lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate | ||
| nighttime residence, including a person who is: | ||
| (i) temporarily allowed to stay in the | ||
| house of another person due to loss of housing; | ||
| (ii) temporarily living in a motel or | ||
| hotel; | ||
| (iii) living in an emergency shelter; | ||
| (iv) abandoned in a hospital; or | ||
| (v) awaiting foster care placement; | ||
| (B) has a primary nighttime residence that is a | ||
| public or private place not designed or ordinarily used as a regular | ||
| sleeping accommodation for humans; or | ||
| (C) is living in a car, park, other public space, | ||
| abandoned building, substandard housing, bus or train station, or | ||
| similar setting. | ||
| Sec. 2306.1102. STUDY ON HOMELESS VETERANS. (a) The | ||
| department, in conjunction with the Department of Family and | ||
| Protective Services, the Texas Veterans Commission, the Texas | ||
| Workforce Commission, and the Texas Homeless Education Office, | ||
| shall conduct a study on homeless veterans. | ||
| (b) In conducting the study, the department shall: | ||
| (1) collect data on the number of homeless veterans in | ||
| this state; | ||
| (2) examine the needs of homeless veterans and the | ||
| degree to which current programs are meeting those needs; and | ||
| (3) identify any sources of funding that might be | ||
| available to provide services to homeless veterans. | ||
| (c) The department shall submit a report on the study to the | ||
| legislature not later than December 1, 2016. The report must | ||
| include a summary of the information resulting from the study and | ||
| recommendations for changes in law necessary to provide services to | ||
| or otherwise assist homeless veterans. | ||
| Sec. 2306.1103. STUDY ON HOMELESS YOUTH. (a) The | ||
| department, in conjunction with the Department of Family and | ||
| Protective Services, the Texas Education Agency, and the Texas | ||
| Homeless Education Office, shall conduct a study on homeless youth. | ||
| (b) In conducting the study, the department shall: | ||
| (1) collect data on the number of homeless youth in | ||
| this state; | ||
| (2) examine the needs of homeless youth and the degree | ||
| to which current programs are meeting those needs; and | ||
| (3) identify any sources of funding that might be | ||
| available to provide services to homeless youth. | ||
| (c) The department shall submit a report on the study to the | ||
| legislature not later than December 1, 2016. The report must | ||
| include a summary of the information resulting from the study and | ||
| recommendations for changes in law necessary to provide services to | ||
| or otherwise assist homeless youth. | ||
| Sec. 2306.1104. EXPIRATION. This subchapter expires | ||
| September 1, 2017. | ||
| 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, 2015. | ||
