| 1 | 1 | | By: Perry (Senate Sponsor - Nelson) H.B. No. 3787 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2013; |
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| 3 | 3 | | May 7, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Health |
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| 4 | 4 | | and Human Services; May 15, 2013, reported favorably by the |
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| 5 | 5 | | following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 15, 2013, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | 6 | | |
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| 7 | 7 | | |
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| 8 | 8 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 9 | 9 | | AN ACT |
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| 10 | 10 | | relating to the determination of an applicant's eligibility for any |
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| 11 | 11 | | program administered by the Health and Human Services Commission. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Sections 521.044(a) and (c), Transportation |
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| 14 | 14 | | Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (a) Information provided on a driver's license application |
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| 16 | 16 | | that relates to the applicant's social security number may be used |
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| 17 | 17 | | only by the department or disclosed only to: |
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| 18 | 18 | | (1) the child support enforcement division of the |
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| 19 | 19 | | attorney general's office; |
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| 20 | 20 | | (2) another state entity responsible for enforcing the |
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| 21 | 21 | | payment of child support; |
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| 22 | 22 | | (3) the United States Selective Service System as |
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| 23 | 23 | | provided by Section 521.147; [or] |
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| 24 | 24 | | (4) the unclaimed property division of the |
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| 25 | 25 | | comptroller's office; or |
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| 26 | 26 | | (5) the Health and Human Services Commission. |
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| 27 | 27 | | (c)(1) On the request of a state entity responsible for |
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| 28 | 28 | | investigating or enforcing the payment of child support, the |
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| 29 | 29 | | department shall disclose information regarding an applicant's |
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| 30 | 30 | | social security number. |
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| 31 | 31 | | (2) On the request of the Health and Human Services |
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| 32 | 32 | | Commission and for the purpose of assisting the commission in |
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| 33 | 33 | | determining an applicant's eligibility for any program |
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| 34 | 34 | | administered by the commission, the department shall disclose |
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| 35 | 35 | | information regarding an applicant's social security number. |
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| 36 | 36 | | SECTION 2. If before implementing any provision of this Act |
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| 37 | 37 | | a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a |
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| 38 | 38 | | federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, |
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| 39 | 39 | | the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or |
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| 40 | 40 | | authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the |
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| 41 | 41 | | waiver or authorization is granted. |
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| 42 | 42 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 43 | 43 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 44 | 44 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 45 | 45 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 46 | 46 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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| 47 | 47 | | * * * * * |
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