By: Perry H.B. No. 3787
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the determination of an applicant's eligibility for any
program administered by the Health and Human Services Commission.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 521.044, Transportation Code, is amended
by amending Subsections (a) and (c) to read as follows:
(a) Information provided on a driver's license application
that relates to the applicant's social security number may be used
only by the department or disclosed only to:
(1) the child support enforcement division of the
attorney general's office;
(2) another state entity responsible for enforcing the
payment of child support;
(3) the United States Selective Service System as
provided by Section 521.147; [or]
(4) the unclaimed property division of the
comptroller's office; or
(5) the Health and Human Services Commission.
(c)(1) On the request of a state entity responsible for
investigating or enforcing the payment of child support, the
department shall disclose information regarding an applicant's
social security number.
(c)(2) On the request of the Health and Human Services
Commission and for the purpose of assisting the commission in
determining an applicant's eligibility for any program
administered by the commission, the department shall disclose
information regarding an applicant's social security number.
SECTION 2. 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 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, 2013.