Amend CSHB 2641 as follows:
(1) On page 24, between lines 26 and 27, insert the following
SECTIONS, appropriately numbered:
SECTION _____. Section 531.034, Government Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (d) to read
as follows:
(b) The commission shall review agency rules:
(1) for compliance with:
(A) <(1)> the coordinated strategic plan;
(B) <(2)> existing statutory authority;
(C) <(3)> rules of other health and human
services agencies; and
(D) <(4)> budgetary implications; and
(2) to ensure that the rules do not:
(A) discourage marriage; or
(B) encourage divorce.
(d) The commission shall adopt rules to establish
criteria for determining, as required by Subsection (b), whether an
agency rule discourages marriage or encourages divorce.
SECTION _____. Not later than January 1, 2000, the
Health and Human Services Commission shall adopt the rules required
by Section 531.034 (d), Government Code, as added by this
Amendment.