75R10037 MLS-D By Hodge, Dukes H.B. No. 802 Substitute the following for H.B. No. 802: By Hodge C.S.H.B. No. 802 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the coordination of tenant services programs. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Subchapter K, Chapter 2306, Government Code, is 1-5 amended by adding Section 2306.253 to read as follows: 1-6 Sec. 2306.253. TENANT SERVICES PROGRAM. (a) In this 1-7 section, "tenant services" means social services, including child 1-8 care, transportation, and basic adult education, that are provided 1-9 to individuals residing in low-income public housing under Title 1-10 IV-A, Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 601 et seq., and other similar 1-11 services. 1-12 (b) The department shall structure the requirements for the 1-13 provision of tenant services so that tenant services provided 1-14 through housing programs are coordinated with similar services 1-15 provided through state workforce development and welfare programs. 1-16 The department shall emphasize tenant services that are eligible 1-17 for additional federal matching funds through workforce development 1-18 or welfare-related programs. 1-19 (c) The department shall designate a department employee as 1-20 the tenant services program coordinator. The coordinator shall 1-21 serve as a liaison to the Texas Workforce Commission, the 1-22 Department of Human Services, the Department of Protective and 1-23 Regulatory Services, and the Legislative Budget Board on matters 1-24 relating to the coordination of tenant services programs. 2-1 (d) The coordinator shall meet in Austin at least quarterly 2-2 with representatives of the Texas Workforce Commission, the 2-3 Department of Human Services, the Department of Protective and 2-4 Regulatory Services, and the Legislative Budget Board to: 2-5 (1) update coordination of tenant services with 2-6 workforce development and welfare-related programs; 2-7 (2) discuss funding sources for tenant services 2-8 programs; and 2-9 (3) report on the status of tenant services programs, 2-10 including reporting on the number of clients and types of services 2-11 offered. 2-12 (e) Not later than December 1 preceding a regular session of 2-13 the legislature, the department shall file with the appropriate 2-14 state agencies and legislative committees a report discussing the 2-15 results of the department's program under this section. 2-16 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the 2-17 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-18 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-19 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-20 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 2-21 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 2-22 passage, and it is so enacted.