HB1608 —

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This bill amends the Texas statutes.

• Sec. 531.0316. COLLECTION OF DEMOGRAPHIC DATA. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, if the commission or a health and human services agency collects the demographic data of individuals who receive benefits under a health benefits program administered by the commission or agency, as applicable, the commission or agency, as applicable, shall, when collecting data relating to: (1) the race or ethnic origin of an individual, provide the individual the option to select or identify appropriate categories and subcategories of race and ethnic origin, including: (A) the category of Hispanic or Latino with the option to select or identify the following subcategories: (i) Argentinian; (ii) Colombian; (iii) Cuban; (iv) Dominican (Dominican Republic); (v) Ecuadoran; (vi) Guatemalan; (vii) Honduran; (viii) Mexican; (ix) Nicaraguan; (x) Panamanian; (xi) Peruvian; (xii) Puerto Rican; (xiii) Salvadoran; (xiv) Spaniard; (xv) Venezuelan; and (xvi) another subcategory written in by the individual; (B) the category of African American with the option to select or identify the following subcategories: (i) Black American (born in the United States with African ancestry); (ii) African diaspora (born outside the United States with African origins); and (iii) another subcategory written in by the individual; (C) the category of Native American with the option to select or identify the following subcategories: (i) Apache; (ii) Cherokee; (iii) Chickasaw; (iv) Choctaw; (v) Mexican American Indian; (vi) Navajo; and (vii) another subcategory written in by the individual; (D) the category of Pacific Islander with the option to select or identify the following subcategories: (i) Chamorro; (ii) Guamanian; (iii) Marshallese; (iv) Native Hawaiian; (v) Samoan; (vi) Tongan; and (vii) another subcategory written in by the individual; (E) the category of Asian with the option to select or identify the following subcategories: (i) Indian; (ii) Bangladeshi; (iii) Burmese; (iv) Cambodian; (v) Chinese (except Taiwanese); (vi) Filipino; (vii) Iranian; (viii) Japanese; (ix) Korean; (x) Laotian; (xi) Nepalese; (xii) Pakistani; (xiii) Taiwanese; (xiv) Thai; (xv) Vietnamese; and (xvi) another subcategory written in by the individual; and (F) the category of Middle Eastern and North African with the option to select or identify the following subcategories: (i) Egyptian; (ii) Iraqi; (iii) Jordanian; (iv) Lebanese; (v) Palestinian; (vi) Syrian; and (vii) another subcategory written in by the individual; (2) the sex or gender of an individual, ask the following questions: (A) "What is your current gender identity?" and, in response to the question, provide the individual the option to select or identify as: (i) female; (ii) intersex; (iii) male; (iv) nonbinary; (v) transgender female; (vi) transgender male; and (vii) another sex or gender written in by the individual; and (B) "What sex were you assigned on your original birth certificate or other legal document confirming birth?" and, in response to the question, provide the individual the option to select: (i) female; (ii) male; (iii) "I was not assigned a sex at birth"; or (iv) "I was not issued a birth certificate or other legal document confirming my birth"; and (3) more than one demographic category, include the sexual orientation of an individual as a category and provide the individual with the option to select or identify as: (A) asexual; (B) bisexual; (C) gay; (D) heterosexual; (E) lesbian; (F) pansexual; and (G) another sexual orientation written in by the individual. (b) The commission shall ensure that each local entity, including a local governmental entity, responsible for providing demographic data to the commission or a health and human services agency in connection with a public benefits program administered by the commission or agency, as applicable, provides the data in the manner prescribed by this section. (c) In collecting demographic data, the commission and each health and human services agency shall provid

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