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House Bill 3859 |
House Author: Herrero et al. |
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Effective: 9-1-09 |
Senate Sponsor: Deuell |
House Bill 3859 amends the Government Code to require the Health and Human Services Commission to conduct a thorough analysis of staffing needs, including the need for additional state employees and contractor staff, with respect to the enhanced eligibility system and expanded use of the Texas Integrated Eligibility Redesign System (TIERS). The bill requires the analysis to identify the number of full-time equivalent positions needed to ensure that the system remains fully functional and the number of full-time equivalent positions any contractor would need to perform contracted functions to implement the system. The bill requires the commission, in determining its total staffing needs, to consider the number of full-time equivalent positions necessary to comply with state and federal requirements related to health and human services program access and the commission's performance standards and benchmarks for health and human services programs.