By Maxey H.B. No. 2126 75R6471 KEL-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to requiring the Department of Human Services to evaluate 1-3 and improve its programs. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Chapter 22, Human Resources Code, is amended by 1-6 adding Section 22.0015 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 22.0015. EVALUATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF PROGRAMS. The 1-8 department shall conduct research, analysis, and reporting of its 1-9 programs to evaluate and improve the programs. The department may 1-10 contract with one or more independent private entities to assist 1-11 the department with the research, analysis, and reporting required 1-12 by this section. 1-13 SECTION 2. Not later than January 15, 1999, the Texas 1-14 Department of Human Services shall report to the governor, the 1-15 lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of representatives 1-16 regarding the department's success in evaluating and improving its 1-17 programs, as required by Section 22.0015, Human Resources Code, as 1-18 added by this Act. The department shall notify members of the 76th 1-19 Legislature and the standing committees of the senate and house of 1-20 representatives having primary jurisdiction over the department of 1-21 the filing of the report. 1-22 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997. 1-23 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the 1-24 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-1 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-2 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-3 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.