H.B. No. 3787
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the determination of an applicant's eligibility for any
  program administered by the Health and Human Services Commission.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sections 521.044(a) and (c), Transportation
  Code, are amended to read as follows:
         (a)  Information provided on a driver's license application
  that relates to the applicant's social security number may be used
  only by the department or disclosed only to:
               (1)  the child support enforcement division of the
  attorney general's office;
               (2)  another state entity responsible for enforcing the
  payment of child support;
               (3)  the United States Selective Service System as
  provided by Section 521.147; [or]
               (4)  the unclaimed property division of the
  comptroller's office; or
               (5)  the Health and Human Services Commission.
         (c)(1)  On the request of a state entity responsible for
  investigating or enforcing the payment of child support, the
  department shall disclose information regarding an applicant's
  social security number.
               (2)  On the request of the Health and Human Services
  Commission and for the purpose of assisting the commission in
  determining an applicant's eligibility for any program
  administered by the commission, the department shall disclose
  information regarding an applicant's social security number.
         SECTION 2.  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 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, 2013.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3787 was passed by the House on May 2,
  2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 147, Nays 0, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3787 was passed by the Senate on May
  22, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor