Bill Text: TX HB1307 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to the creation of a disaster case management system by the Texas Division of Emergency Management.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB1307 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1307-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of a disaster case management system by the Texas Division of Emergency Management.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB1307 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1307-Comm_Sub.html
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By: Hinojosa, Huberty, Deshotel, Phelan | H.B. No. 1307 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1307: | |||
By: Tinderholt | C.S.H.B. No. 1307 |
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relating to the creation of a disaster case management system by the | ||
Texas Division of Emergency Management. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 418, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 418.054 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 418.054. DISASTER CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. (a) The | ||
division shall, subject to the availability of funds, contract with | ||
a vendor to develop and maintain an electronic disaster case | ||
management system. | ||
(b) The system developed under Subsection (a) may be used | ||
for case management during and after a disaster by persons selected | ||
by the division, including: | ||
(1) a person affected by a disaster; | ||
(2) a municipality or county affected by a disaster; | ||
(3) the Health and Human Services Commission; | ||
(4) the General Land Office; | ||
(5) the Department of State Health Services; | ||
(6) the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles; | ||
(7) the Texas Workforce Commission; | ||
(8) the Texas Department of Insurance; | ||
(9) the Department of Agriculture; | ||
(10) appropriate federal agencies; and | ||
(11) any other appropriate entity. | ||
(c) The system developed under Subsection (a) may include | ||
the capability for a person affected by a disaster to apply for | ||
assistance from multiple sources. The system must allow the person | ||
to control which other users of the system have access to | ||
information submitted by the person to the system. | ||
(d) Information collected or maintained by the system | ||
developed under Subsection (a) that could identify a person | ||
affected by a disaster is confidential and not subject to | ||
disclosure under Chapter 552. The information may be disclosed to a | ||
governmental body described by Subsection (b) for the purpose of | ||
disaster relief or recovery. | ||
(e) The division shall adopt rules necessary to implement | ||
this section. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |