Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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1	1	89R15884 CS-D
2	2	By: Hopper H.B. No. 4712
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to an annual report by the comptroller of public accounts
10	10	on the fiscal impact to this state of persons not lawfully present.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 403, Government Code, is
13	13	amended by adding Section 403.0304 to read as follows:
14	14	Sec. 403.0304. REPORT ON COST OF PERSONS NOT LAWFULLY
15	15	PRESENT. (a) In this section, "person not lawfully present" means
16	16	a person who is not:
17	17	(1) a citizen or other national of the United States;
18	18	or
19	19	(2) an alien who is lawfully admitted for permanent
20	20	residence in the United States under the federal Immigration and
21	21	Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. Section 1101 et seq.) or authorized to be
22	22	employed by that Act or the United States attorney general.
23	23	(b) Not later than June 30 of each year, the comptroller
24	24	shall post on the comptroller's Internet website and submit to the
25	25	governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of
26	26	representatives, and each other member of the legislature a report
27	27	prepared by the comptroller on the fiscal impact on this state of
28	28	the costs associated with persons not lawfully present. At a
29	29	minimum, the report must include the amount of, and an explanation
30	30	of the methodology used to determine, the following costs:
31	31	(1) health care costs, including:
32	32	(A) costs associated with:
33	33	(i) uncompensated medical care provided to
34	34	persons not lawfully present by hospitals and health care
35	35	facilities located in this state; and
36	36	(ii) Medicaid and emergency medical
37	37	services used by persons not lawfully present; and
38	38	(B) the impact of health care expenditures
39	39	described by this subdivision on state and local budgets;
40	40	(2) law enforcement and criminal justice costs,
41	41	including:
42	42	(A) costs incurred by state and local law
43	43	enforcement agencies related to criminal activity by persons not
44	44	lawfully present;
45	45	(B) expenses associated with the incarceration
46	46	and detention in jails and prisons in this state of persons not
47	47	lawfully present; and
48	48	(C) costs related to border security operations
49	49	and cooperation with federal immigration enforcement;
50	50	(3) public education costs, including:
51	51	(A) state and local expenditures related to
52	52	providing to persons not lawfully present an education in public
53	53	schools located in this state;
54	54	(B) the cost of providing bilingual education,
55	55	English as a Second Language (ESL) programs, and other educational
56	56	resources required for persons not lawfully present; and
57	57	(C) federal funding offsets, if any, for costs
58	58	described by this subdivision and the impact of those offsets on
59	59	total state and local expenditures;
60	60	(4) welfare and public assistance costs, including:
61	61	(A) costs associated with the use of public
62	62	benefits and welfare programs by persons not lawfully present,
63	63	including costs incurred as a result of fraud and abuse by those
64	64	persons;
65	65	(B) costs associated with the use of the
66	66	supplemental nutrition assistance program under Chapter 33, Human
67	67	Resources Code, the temporary assistance for needy families program
68	68	under Chapter 31, Human Resources Code, and other state-funded
69	69	assistance programs by persons not lawfully present; and
70	70	(C) the impact of fraudulent benefit claims by
71	71	persons not lawfully present on the solvency of welfare programs;
72	72	and
73	73	(5) economic impact and job market data, including:
74	74	(A) wage suppression and employment displacement
75	75	of lawful residents of this state due to the employment of persons
76	76	not lawfully present;
77	77	(B) the impact of the employment of persons not
78	78	lawfully present on tax revenues and business compliance with labor
79	79	laws; and
80	80	(C) the estimated tax contributions made by
81	81	persons not lawfully present, if any, and the net fiscal impact of
82	82	those contributions.
83	83	(c) The comptroller shall hold a public hearing each year to
84	84	review the findings of the report prepared under Subsection (b) and
85	85	to receive public comments from stakeholders, including law
86	86	enforcement agencies, health care providers, educators, and
87	87	business leaders.
88	88	(d) Not later than March 1 of each year, the following state
89	89	agencies shall submit to the comptroller information requested by
90	90	the comptroller that is necessary for the preparation of the report
91	91	under Subsection (b):
92	92	(1) the Health and Human Services Commission;
93	93	(2) the Texas Department of Criminal Justice;
94	94	(3) the Department of Public Safety;
95	95	(4) the Texas Education Agency; and
96	96	(5) the Texas Workforce Commission.
97	97	(e) The comptroller may request the state auditor's
98	98	assistance to determine the accuracy of the information submitted
99	99	to the comptroller by a state agency under Subsection (d). The
100	100	state auditor shall provide the requested assistance.
101	101	(f) To ensure accuracy and consistency in the information
102	102	collected, the comptroller by rule shall:
103	103	(1) adopt a form each state agency must use to submit
104	104	information under Subsection (d); and
105	105	(2) establish, in consultation with the state auditor,
106	106	appropriate auditing procedures for use as provided by Subsection
107	107	(e).
108	108	(g) The comptroller shall report to the legislature each
109	109	state agency that fails to submit information as required by
110	110	Subsection (d) or that submits inaccurate or misleading information
111	111	under that subsection. The legislature may take appropriate action
112	112	in response to a report received from the comptroller under this
113	113	subsection, which may include reducing the amount of money that
114	114	would otherwise be appropriated to a state agency named in the
115	115	report for use during the next state fiscal biennium.
116	116	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.