Bill Text: TX SB1179 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to a study on the allocation and expenditure of tobacco settlement agreement money.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-07 - Referred to Health & Human Services [SB1179 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-SB1179-Introduced.html

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86R10419 SRA-D
By: Menéndez S.B. No. 1179

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a study on the allocation and expenditure of tobacco
settlement agreement money.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. (a) In this Act, "tobacco settlement agreement"
means the Comprehensive Settlement Agreement and Release filed on
January 16, 1998, in the United States District Court, Eastern
District of Texas, in the case styled The State of Texas v. The
American Tobacco Co., et al., No. 5-96CV-91, and all subsequent
amendments.
(b) The Health and Human Services Commission, in
cooperation with any relevant state agencies, shall conduct a study
to determine the allocation and expenditure of tobacco settlement
agreement money.
(c) In conducting the study, the commission shall:
(1) identify recipients of tobacco settlement
agreement money, disaggregated by:
(A) age;
(B) race or ethnicity; and
(C) region of the state; and
(2) determine if any communities or groups did not
receive tobacco settlement agreement money to help in the
prevention and treatment of tobacco-related diseases.
(d) Not later than December 1, 2020, the commission shall
prepare and submit to the House Health and Human Services Committee
and Senate Public Health Committee a written report containing the
results of the study and any recommendations for legislative or
other action.
(e) This Act expires September 1, 2021.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.