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


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
  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.
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