85R10529 JXC-D     By: Perez H.B. No. 2114       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the authority of the Health and Human Services   Commission and the Public Utility Commission of Texas to identify   customers who may be eligible for bill payment assistance programs.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 32, Utilities Code, is   amended by adding Section 32.005 to read as follows:          Sec. 32.005.  INCOME ASSISTANCE PROGRAM INFORMATION. (a)   The Health and Human Services Commission may regularly provide to   the commission a list of persons in this state who:                (1)  receive medical assistance under the medical   assistance program established under Chapter 32, Human Resources   Code; or                (2)  receive benefits under the supplemental nutrition   assistance program established under Chapter 33, Human Resources   Code.           (b)  The commission may use the list to assist a municipally   owned utility, electric cooperative, electric utility, or retail   electric provider in providing bill payment assistance to customers   who receive assistance or benefits described by Subsection (a).          SECTION 2.  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, 2017.