Amend SB 95, SECTION 5, PERSONAL CARE ATTENDANT TRAINING, (a)
and (b) to read as follows:
      (a)  The Texas Department of Human Services, with assistance
from the Texas Workforce Commission, the Texas Rehabilitation
Commission, the Texas Commission for the Blind, the Texas
Commission for the Deaf and hard of Hearing, <and> the Texas Higher
Education Coordinating Board, and providers and consumers of
personal attendant services shall review training programs for
personal care attendants and develop recommendations for
improvement in those programs.
      (b)  Not later than December 1, 2000, the Texas Department of
Human Services shall submit to the governor and the legislature a
report concerning the department's findings and recommendations,
including the probable cost of increased training and wages to the
Medicaid program.