| 1 | 1 | | 84R12413 ADM-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: King of Taylor H.B. No. 3655 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to a strategy to ensure proper use of money under the |
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| 8 | 8 | | Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. The Health and Human Services Commission shall |
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| 11 | 11 | | develop a strategy to ensure that money used to provide financial |
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| 12 | 12 | | assistance benefits under Chapter 31, Human Resources Code, is used |
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| 13 | 13 | | by recipients of those benefits for its intended purposes. The |
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| 14 | 14 | | strategy must include developing a method to prevent fraud, waste, |
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| 15 | 15 | | and abuse by better accounting for purchases made by recipients. |
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| 16 | 16 | | SECTION 2. This Act expires December 31, 2016. |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 3. If before implementing any provision of this Act |
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| 18 | 18 | | a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a |
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| 19 | 19 | | federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, |
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| 20 | 20 | | the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or |
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| 21 | 21 | | authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the |
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| 22 | 22 | | waiver or authorization is granted. |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 24 | 24 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 25 | 25 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 26 | 26 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 27 | 27 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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