Bill Text: TX SB428 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to a study of using a single intake form for state and federal disaster assistance.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-17 - Committee report sent to Calendars [SB428 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB428-Comm_Sub.html
| By: Lucio | S.B. No. 428 | |
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| relating to a study of using a single intake form for state and | ||
| federal disaster assistance. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. (a) In this section: | ||
| (1) "Commission" means the Health and Human Services | ||
| Commission. | ||
| (2) "Division" means the Texas Division of Emergency | ||
| Management. | ||
| (b) The commission and the division shall conduct a study to | ||
| determine the feasibility of developing: | ||
| (1) a single intake form that would compile all | ||
| information needed to obtain disaster assistance from multiple | ||
| state and federal programs for an individual who needs assistance | ||
| as a result of a disaster; and | ||
| (2) an automated intake system for collecting the | ||
| information. | ||
| (c) The commission and the division shall coordinate with | ||
| the Federal Emergency Management Agency and other appropriate state | ||
| and federal agencies to conduct the study under Subsection (b) of | ||
| this section. The commission and the division must determine | ||
| whether the Federal Emergency Management Agency and other | ||
| appropriate state and federal agencies will accept the single | ||
| intake form. | ||
| (d) Not later than September 1, 2020, the commission and the | ||
| division shall prepare and submit a written report to the | ||
| legislature containing the findings of the study conducted under | ||
| Subsection (b) of this section and any recommendations to the | ||
| legislature. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act expires January 1, 2021. | ||
| 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, 2019. | ||
