75R11598 SAW-D
By Coleman H.B. No. 3259
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3259:
By Yarbrough C.S.H.B. No. 3259
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to training and apprenticeships in allied health
1-3 professions for certain recipients of temporary assistance for
1-4 needy families.
1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-6 SECTION 1. (a) In this section, "allied health profession"
1-7 means a health care profession in which a person receives special
1-8 training in the performance of supportive health care work. The
1-9 term does not include a physician, podiatrist, or dentist.
1-10 (b) The Texas Workforce Commission shall use money from the
1-11 skills development fund created under Section 303.003, Labor Code,
1-12 to establish a pilot program to provide training and
1-13 apprenticeships in allied health professions to certain recipients
1-14 of financial assistance under Chapter 31, Human Resources Code.
1-15 (c) To implement the program, the commission shall award
1-16 grants to public community and technical colleges that have formed
1-17 partnerships with public or private hospitals, hospital districts,
1-18 or other health-related businesses, networks, or consortiums.
1-19 (d) Not later than January 31, 1999, the commission shall
1-20 submit a report on the effectiveness of the pilot program to the
1-21 presiding officer of each house of the 76th Legislature.
1-22 (e) This section expires September 1, 1999.
1-23 SECTION 2. Section 303.003(b), Labor Code, is amended to
1-24 read as follows:
2-1 (b) The skills development fund may be used by public
2-2 community and technical colleges as start-up or emergency funds for
2-3 the following job-training purposes:
2-4 (1) developing customized training programs for
2-5 businesses and trade unions; [and]
2-6 (2) sponsoring small and medium-sized business
2-7 networks and consortiums; and
2-8 (3) providing training and apprenticeships in allied
2-9 health professions for certain recipients of financial assistance
2-10 under Chapter 31, Human Resources Code.
2-11 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.
2-12 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
2-13 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-14 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-15 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-16 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.