Bill Text: TX SB205 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to eligibility for supplemental financial assistance provided to certain grandparents.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-25 - Referred to Health & Human Services [SB205 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB205-Introduced.html
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| By: West | S.B. No. 205 | |
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| relating to eligibility for supplemental financial assistance | ||
| provided to certain grandparents. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 31.0041, Human Resources Code, is | ||
| amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (a) To the extent funds are appropriated for this purpose, | ||
| the commission may provide supplemental financial assistance in | ||
| addition to the amount of financial assistance granted for the | ||
| support of a dependent child under Section 31.003 to a person who: | ||
| (1) is 45 years of age or older; | ||
| (2) is the grandparent of the dependent child, as | ||
| defined by Section 31.002, who lives at the person's residence; | ||
| (3) is the primary caretaker of the dependent child; | ||
| (4) has a family income that is at or below 200 percent | ||
| of the federal poverty level; and | ||
| (5) subject to Subsection (a-1), does not have | ||
| resources that exceed the amount allowed for financial assistance | ||
| under this chapter. | ||
| (a-1) Notwithstanding Section 31.032(d)(2), in determining | ||
| whether a person is eligible for supplemental financial assistance | ||
| under this section, the commission shall exclude from the person's | ||
| available resources the fair market value of the ownership interest | ||
| of the applicant or a member of the applicant's household in a motor | ||
| vehicle. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 31.0041, Human Resources Code, as | ||
| amended by this Act, applies only to a determination of eligibility | ||
| of a person for supplemental financial assistance under that | ||
| section that is 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 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, 2017. | ||
