88R1754 CXP-D
By: Lopez of Bexar H.B. No. 1531
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the provision of information regarding certain public
assistance programs by public schools.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 38.039 to read as follows:
Sec. 38.039. INFORMATION REGARDING CERTAIN PUBLIC
ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. (a) On a student's enrollment in, transfer
out of, or withdrawal from a school district, the district shall
provide to the student and the student's parent information
regarding the eligibility requirements for public assistance
programs, including:
(1) the medical assistance program under Chapter 32,
Human Resources Code;
(2) the child health plan program under Chapter 62,
Health and Safety Code; and
(3) the supplemental nutrition assistance program
under Chapter 33, Human Resources Code.
(b) The agency, in coordination with the Health and Human
Services Commission, shall prepare and make available to school
districts a model form for the information required to be provided
under Subsection (a).
(c) In providing the information required under Subsection
(a), the school district shall ensure that the student's parent
signs a form acknowledging receipt of the information.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024
school year.
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, 2023.