TITLE: Relating to information provided to recipients of certain assistance programs.

SUMMARY: Relating to information provided to recipients of certain assistance programs.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to information provided to recipients of certain assistance programs. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 531, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 531.192 to read as follows: Sec. 531.192. PROVISION OF INFORMATION UPON RECERTIFICATION. (a) This section applies to: (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) At the time a person is recertified as eligible to receive benefits or assistance under a program listed in Subsection (a), the commission shall provide information regarding the total amount of benefits or assistance received by the person under all of the programs during the preceding 12 months. SECTION 2. Section 531.192, Government Code, as added by this Act, applies to a person for whom a recertification of eligibility for benefits or assistance under Chapter 31, 32, or 33, Human Resources Code, 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 September 1, 2013.