85R1019 ADM-D     By: Huffines S.B. No. 766       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to accounting for costs incurred by the health and human   services system as a result of the presence in this state of persons   who are not lawfully present in the United States.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government Code, is   amended by adding Section 531.0255 to read as follows:          Sec. 531.0255.  ACCOUNTING FOR COSTS OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION.   (a) Not later than the 30th day before the first day of each regular   legislative session, the commission shall issue to the speaker of   the house of representatives, the lieutenant governor, the   governor, and the attorney general a report of the financial costs   to the health and human services system incurred during the   preceding two-year period that resulted from the presence in this   state of persons who are not lawfully present in the United States.          (b)  The report must include a separate accounting for the   costs incurred in specific categories of spending as determined by   the comptroller.          (c)  On request of the commission, the comptroller shall   assist the commission in preparing the report.          SECTION 2.  This state recognizes that it is the   responsibility of the federal government to maintain the security   of the national border to prevent unlawful entry of persons and   finds that the federal government should reimburse this state for   expenditures by the Health and Human Services Commission and the   health and human services agencies, as defined by Section 531.001,   Government Code, made necessary by the presence of persons in this   state who are not lawfully present in the United States.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.