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1		-	H.B. No. 2330
	1	+	By: Walle, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Lucio) H.B. No. 2330
	2	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 11, 2019;
	3	+	April 24, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on
	4	+	Intergovernmental Relations; May 6, 2019, reported favorably by
	5	+	the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 6, 2019, sent to printer.)
	6	+	Click here to see the committee vote
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	9	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	10		AN ACT
5	11		relating to a study of an intake system and state case management
6	12		system for state and federal disaster assistance.
7	13		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	14		SECTION 1. (a) In this section:
9	15		(1) "Commission" means the Health and Human Services
10	16		Commission.
11	17		(2) "Division" means the Texas Division of Emergency
12	18		Management.
13	19		(b) The commission and the division shall conduct a study to
14	20		determine the feasibility of developing:
15	21		(1) a single intake form that would compile all
16	22		information needed to obtain disaster assistance from multiple
17	23		state and federal programs for an individual who needs assistance
18	24		as a result of a disaster;
19	25		(2) an automated intake system for collecting the
20	26		information; and
21	27		(3) a state case management system for disaster
22	28		assistance, administered by the commission, that is similar to the
23	29		Federal Emergency Management Agency case management system and
24	30		includes contracting with nonprofit vendors to hire caseworkers and
25	31		provide case management services.
26	32		(c) The commission and the division shall coordinate with
27	33		the Federal Emergency Management Agency and other appropriate state
28	34		and federal agencies to conduct the study under Subsection (b) of
29	35		this section. The commission and the division must determine:
30	36		(1) whether the Federal Emergency Management Agency
31	37		and other appropriate state and federal agencies will accept the
32	38		single intake form;
33	39		(2) the cost of developing the single intake form and
34	40		the cost of developing and maintaining the automated intake system;
35	41		and
36	42		(3) the cost of developing and maintaining a state
37	43		case management system and the extent to which federal
38	44		reimbursement is available.
39	45		(d) Not later than September 1, 2020, the commission and the
40	46		division shall prepare and submit a written report to the
41	47		legislature containing the findings of the study conducted under
42	48		Subsection (b) of this section and any recommendations to the
43	49		legislature.
44	50		(e) The commission and the division may implement the single
45	51		intake form, automated intake system, and state case management
46	52		system if the commission and the division determine, based on the
47	53		study conducted under Subsection (b) of this section, that doing so
48	54		will result in no additional cost to the state.
49	55		SECTION 2. This Act expires January 1, 2021.
50	56		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
51	57		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
52	58		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
53	59		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
54	60		Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
55		-	______________________________ ______________________________
56		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
57		-	I certify that H.B. No. 2330 was passed by the House on April
58		-	11, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 4, 2 present, not
59		-	voting.
60		-	______________________________
61		-	Chief Clerk of the House
62		-	I certify that H.B. No. 2330 was passed by the Senate on May
63		-	10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
64		-	______________________________
65		-	Secretary of the Senate
66		-	APPROVED: _____________________
67		-	Date
68		-	_____________________
69		-	Governor
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