Bill Text: TX HB474 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to eligibility requirements for certain public benefits programs.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-17 - Referred to Human Services [HB474 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB474-Introduced.html
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By: Lewis | H.B. No. 474 |
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relating to eligibility requirements for certain public benefits | ||
programs. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 531.02416 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 531.02416. ELIGIBILITY FOR CERTAIN PROGRAMS: FORM I-9 | ||
REQUIREMENT. (a) In this section, "Form I-9" means the employment | ||
eligibility verification form designated or established by the | ||
United States attorney general in accordance with 8 U.S.C. Section | ||
1324a(b). | ||
(b) An applicant for benefits must complete a Form I-9 and | ||
provide documentation that establishes the applicant's identity | ||
and eligibility to work in the United States as required by that | ||
form to be eligible to receive benefits under any of the following | ||
benefits programs: | ||
(1) the child health plan program under Chapter 62, | ||
Health and Safety Code; | ||
(2) the financial assistance program under Chapter 31, | ||
Human Resources Code; | ||
(3) the medical assistance program under Chapter 32, | ||
Human Resources Code; and | ||
(4) the nutritional assistance program under Chapter | ||
33, Human Resources Code. | ||
(c) For purposes of completing a Form I-9 under this | ||
section: | ||
(1) an applicant for benefits is considered an | ||
"employee"; | ||
(2) the commission or other state agency that | ||
administers the benefits program is considered an "employer"; and | ||
(3) receipt of benefits under a benefits program is | ||
considered "employment." | ||
(d) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary | ||
to implement this section, including rules that further define | ||
terms used in Form I-9 and that provide instructions on how to | ||
complete the form for purposes of this section. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 531.02416, Government Code, as added by | ||
this Act, applies to an initial determination of eligibility or | ||
redetermination of eligibility for benefits under a program subject | ||
to that section made on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. If before implementing any provision of this Act | ||
a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a | ||
federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, | ||
the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or | ||
authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the | ||
waiver or authorization is granted. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |