Bill Text: TX HB474 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to eligibility requirements for certain public benefits programs.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-17 - Referred to Human Services [HB474 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB474-Introduced.html
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| By: Lewis | H.B. No. 474 | |
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| relating to eligibility requirements for certain public benefits | ||
| programs. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 531.02416 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 531.02416. ELIGIBILITY FOR CERTAIN PROGRAMS: FORM I-9 | ||
| REQUIREMENT. (a) In this section, "Form I-9" means the employment | ||
| eligibility verification form designated or established by the | ||
| United States attorney general in accordance with 8 U.S.C. Section | ||
| 1324a(b). | ||
| (b) An applicant for benefits must complete a Form I-9 and | ||
| provide documentation that establishes the applicant's identity | ||
| and eligibility to work in the United States as required by that | ||
| form to be eligible to receive 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; and | ||
| (4) the nutritional assistance program under Chapter | ||
| 33, Human Resources Code. | ||
| (c) For purposes of completing a Form I-9 under this | ||
| section: | ||
| (1) an applicant for benefits is considered an | ||
| "employee"; | ||
| (2) the commission or other state agency that | ||
| administers the benefits program is considered an "employer"; and | ||
| (3) receipt of benefits under a benefits program is | ||
| considered "employment." | ||
| (d) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary | ||
| to implement this section, including rules that further define | ||
| terms used in Form I-9 and that provide instructions on how to | ||
| complete the form for purposes of this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 531.02416, Government Code, as added by | ||
| this Act, applies to an initial determination of eligibility or | ||
| redetermination of eligibility for benefits under a program subject | ||
| to that section 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, 2011. | ||
