Bill Text: TX HB2330 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to a study of an intake system and state case management system for state and federal disaster assistance.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 28-14)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-24 - Effective immediately [HB2330 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2330-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 2330 |
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relating to a study of an intake system and state case management | ||
system for state and federal disaster assistance. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. (a) In this section: | ||
(1) "Commission" means the Health and Human Services | ||
Commission. | ||
(2) "Division" means the Texas Division of Emergency | ||
Management. | ||
(b) The commission and the division shall conduct a study to | ||
determine the feasibility of developing: | ||
(1) a single intake form that would compile all | ||
information needed to obtain disaster assistance from multiple | ||
state and federal programs for an individual who needs assistance | ||
as a result of a disaster; | ||
(2) an automated intake system for collecting the | ||
information; and | ||
(3) a state case management system for disaster | ||
assistance, administered by the commission, that is similar to the | ||
Federal Emergency Management Agency case management system and | ||
includes contracting with nonprofit vendors to hire caseworkers and | ||
provide case management services. | ||
(c) The commission and the division shall coordinate with | ||
the Federal Emergency Management Agency and other appropriate state | ||
and federal agencies to conduct the study under Subsection (b) of | ||
this section. The commission and the division must determine: | ||
(1) whether the Federal Emergency Management Agency | ||
and other appropriate state and federal agencies will accept the | ||
single intake form; | ||
(2) the cost of developing the single intake form and | ||
the cost of developing and maintaining the automated intake system; | ||
and | ||
(3) the cost of developing and maintaining a state | ||
case management system and the extent to which federal | ||
reimbursement is available. | ||
(d) Not later than September 1, 2020, the commission and the | ||
division shall prepare and submit a written report to the | ||
legislature containing the findings of the study conducted under | ||
Subsection (b) of this section and any recommendations to the | ||
legislature. | ||
(e) The commission and the division may implement the single | ||
intake form, automated intake system, and state case management | ||
system if the commission and the division determine, based on the | ||
study conducted under Subsection (b) of this section, that doing so | ||
will result in no additional cost to the state. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act expires January 1, 2021. | ||
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, 2019. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 2330 was passed by the House on April | ||
11, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 4, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 2330 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |