Bill Text: TX HB1296 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the creation of a disaster case management system by the General Land Office.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-24 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB1296 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB1296-Introduced.html

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86R2379 AAF-D
By: Davis of Harris H.B. No. 1296

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the creation of a disaster case management system by the
General Land Office.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 418, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 418.193 to read as follows:
Sec. 418.193. DISASTER CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. (a) The
General Land Office shall develop and maintain an electronic
disaster case management system. The system must:
(1) collect all information needed to obtain disaster
assistance from an individual who needs housing-related assistance
as a result of a disaster; and
(2) allow the individual to designate the entities to
which an application for assistance and other information may be
sent, including the General Land Office, organized volunteer
groups, and local nonprofit organizations.
(b) The General Land Office may coordinate with the Federal
Emergency Management Agency for use of the system under Subsection
(a) to share information between state and federal agencies
relating to disaster assistance.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.