87R6287 MM-D     By: Menéndez S.B. No. 2082       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the provision of information regarding certain public   assistance programs by public schools.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 38.042 to read as follows:          Sec. 38.042.  INFORMATION REGARDING CERTAIN PUBLIC   ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. (a) On a student's enrollment in, transfer   out of, or withdrawal from a school district, the district shall   provide to the student and the student's parent information   regarding the eligibility requirements for public assistance   programs, including:                (1)  the medical assistance program under Chapter 32,   Human Resources Code;                (2)  the child health plan program under Chapter 62,   Health and Safety Code; and                (3)  the supplemental nutrition assistance program   under Chapter 33, Human Resources Code.          (b)  The agency, in coordination with the Health and Human   Services Commission, shall prepare and make available to school   districts a model form for the information required to be provided   under Subsection (a).          (c)  In providing the information required under Subsection   (a), the school district shall ensure that the student's parent   signs a form acknowledging receipt of the information.          SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022   school year.          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, 2021.