Bill Text: TX HB3186 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to an annual study and report regarding asset information of certain applicants for certain assistance programs.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-25 - Referred to Human Services [HB3186 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB3186-Introduced.html

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By: Laubenberg H.B. No. 3186

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an annual study and report regarding asset information
of certain applicants for certain assistance 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 531.0999 to read as follows:
Sec. 531.0999. ASSET INFORMATION STUDY; ANNUAL REPORT. (a)
In this section, "assistance program" means:
(1) the financial assistance program under Chapter 31,
Human Resources Code;
(2) the medical assistance program under Chapter 32,
Human Resources Code; and
(3) the supplemental nutrition assistance program
under Chapter 33, Human Resources Code.
(b) The commission shall collect asset information from a
person applying for benefits under an assistance program. Using
that information, the commission shall conduct an annual study to
determine whether any person applying for benefits in the past year
under an assistance program:
(1) possessed financial assets at the time of
application that would have disqualified the person for benefits
under the assistance program for which the person applied before
the effective date of applicable provisions of the Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act (Pub. L. No. 111-148); and
(2) qualified for benefits under the assistance
program for which the person applied.
(c) Not later than March 31 of each year, the commission
shall electronically deliver a report on the results of the study
conducted under Subsection (b) to the governor and each member of
the legislature.
(d) A report under this section may consist solely of
statistical information and
shall not include any personally
identifying information of any person applying for benefits under
an assistance program.
SECTION 2. The Health and Human Services Commission shall
deliver the initial report required by Section 531.0999, Government
Code, as added by this Act, not later than March 31, 2014.
SECTION 3. 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, 2013.