83R5099 EAH-D
By: Farias H.B. No. 2562
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an annual report on expanding the use of the Public
Assistance Reporting Information System prepared by the Texas
Veterans Commission.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 434, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 434.022 to read as follows:
Sec. 434.022. REPORT ON VETERANS. (a) Not later than
January 1 of each year, the commission shall submit a report on
expanding the use of the Public Assistance Reporting Information
System (PARIS) operated by the Administration for Children and
Families of the United States Department of Health and Human
Services to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of
the house of representatives, each member of the legislature, the
Health and Human Services Commission, the Veterans' Land Board, and
the Department of Aging and Disability Services.
(b) A report under this section must include information
identifying:
(1) veterans in this state with a service-connected
disability with a disability rating of 70 percent or more;
(2) counties with the most veterans and rural counties
with a large population of veterans 45 years of age or older who,
based on disability ratings, may be eligible to receive Aid and
Attendance or Housebound benefits from the United States Department
of Veterans Affairs; and
(3) counties with veterans who are at least 45 years of
age but younger than 66 years of age who receive enhanced monthly
benefits related to a service-connected disability.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.