Amend CSSB 369 by striking SECTION 11 (Committee printing
page 4, lines 24-42) and substituting the following:
      Sec. 31.0127.  COORDINATION OF SERVICES TO TANF CLIENTS.
(a)  In order to ensure efficient delivery of appropriate programs
and services, the Health and Human Services Commission is the state
agency designated to coordinate between the department and a state
agency providing child care services, Temporary Assistance for
Needy Families work programs, and Food Stamp Employment and
Training services to an individual or family who has been referred
for programs and services by the department.
      (b)  The commission shall require a state agency which is
providing programs and services subject to coordination under
Subsection (a) to comply with Chapter 531, Government Code, with
regard to planning for the coordinated delivery of programs and
services, rulemaking, expenditure of funds, data collection and
reporting, and evaluations with regard to those programs and
services.
      (c)  Not later than October 1, 1999, the commission and a
state agency which is providing programs and services subject to
coordination under Subsection (a) shall jointly develop and adopt a
memorandum of understanding outlining measures to be taken to
increase the number of individuals receiving Temporary Assistance
for Needy Families cash assistance utilizing the Job Training
Partnership Act program or its successor program.
      (d)  By January 15 of each odd-numbered year, the commission
shall provide a report to the governor, the lieutenant governor,
and the speaker of the house of representatives which:
            (1)  evaluates the efficiency and effectiveness of
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families;
            (2)  evaluates the status of the coordination among
agencies and the compliance with this section;
            (3)  recommends measures to increase self-sufficiency
among recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families and to
improve the delivery of services to this population; and
            (4)  evaluates the effectiveness of the Job Training
Partnership Act program, or its successor program, in obtaining
employment outcomes for individuals receiving Temporary Assistance
for Needy Families cash assistance.
      (e)  If the change in law made by this section with regard to
any program or service conflicts with federal law or would have the
effect of invalidating an exemption granted under federal law, the
state agency is not required to comply with this section with
regard to that program or service.
      (f)  This section does not authorize the commission to change
the allocation or disbursement of funds allocated to the state
under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. Section 2801
et seq.) in a manner which would result in the loss of exemption
status.