Amend SB 374 as follows: (1) In the recital to SECTION 1.02 of the bill (Senate Engrossment, page 3, line 3), strike "Section 22.034" and substitute "Sections 22.034 and 22.035". (2) In SECTION 1.02 of the bill (Senate Engrossment, page 5, between lines 20 and 21), add a new Section 22.035, Human Resources Code, to read as follows: Sec. 22.035. WORK GROUP ON CHILDREN'S LONG-TERM CARE AND HEALTH PROGRAMS. (a) A work group is created to assist the commissioner of health and human services, the department, and the Texas Department of Health in the creation of a system for families and children to administer long-term care and health programs for children. (b) The commissioner of health and human services shall appoint the members of the work group, which must include the following: (1) a consumer of long-term care and health programs for children; (2) a relative of a consumer of long-term care and health programs for children; (3) a representative from an organization that is an advocate for consumers of long-term care and health programs for children; (4) a representative from a state agency that provides long-term care and health programs for children; (5) a person from a private entity that provides long-term care and health programs for children; and (6) a person with expertise in the availability of funding and the application of funding formulas for children's long-term care and health services. (c) The department and the Texas Department of Health shall equally provide administrative support, including staff, to the work group. (d) A member of the work group serves at the will of the commissioner of health and human services. (e) The commissioner of health and human services shall appoint a member of the work group to serve as a presiding officer. (f) The work group shall meet at the call of the presiding officer. (g) A member of the work group receives no additional compensation for serving on the work group. Persons serving on the work group shall be reimbursed for travel and other expenses necessary for participation as provided in the General Appropriations Act. (h) The work group shall study and make recommendations in the following areas: (1) access of a child or a child's family to services with a single case manager; (2) the transition needs of children who reach an age at which they are no longer eligible for services at the Texas Department of Health; (3) the blending of funds, including case management funding, for children needing long-term care and health services; and (4) collaboration and coordination of children's services between the department, the Texas Department of Health, and any other agency determined to be applicable by the work group. (i) Not later than September 1 of each even-numbered year, the work group shall report on its findings and recommendations to the commissioner of health and human services. (j) After evaluating and considering recommendations reported under Subsection (e), the Health and Human Services Commission shall adopt rules to implement guidelines for providing long-term care and health services to children. (k) The work group is not subject to Chapter 2110, Government Code. (3) After SECTION 1.18 of the bill (Senate Engrossment, page 22, between lines 7 and 8), insert two new SECTIONS to the bill to be numbered appropriately to read as follows and renumber the subsequent sections of Article 1 of the bill appropriately: SECTION ____. Not later than December 1, 1999, the commissioner of health and human services shall appoint the members of the work group created by Section 22.035, Human Resources Code, as added by this Act. SECTION ____. (a) On September 1, 2000, all powers, duties, functions, and activities relating to the Medically Dependent Children's Waiver Program assigned to or performed by the Texas Department of Health immediately before that date are transferred to the Texas Department of Human Services. (b) All employees of the Texas Department of Health who primarily perform duties related to the program listed in Subsection (a) of this section become employees of the Texas Department of Human Services, to be assigned duties by the commissioner of human services. (c) A rule or form adopted by the Texas Department of Health that relates to the program listed in Subsection (a) of this section is a rule or form of the Texas Department of Human Services and remains in effect until altered by the agency. (d) A reference in law or an administrative rule to the Texas Department of Health that relates to the program listed in Subsection (a) of this section means the Texas Department of Human Services. (e) A license, permit, or certification in effect that was issued by the Texas Department of Health for the program listed in Subsection (a) of this section is continued in effect as a license, permit, or certification of the Texas Department of Human Services. (f) A complaint, investigation, or other proceeding pending before the Texas Department of Health that is related to the program listed in Subsection (a) of this section is transferred without change in status to the Texas Department of Human Services. (g) On October 1, 1999: (1) all funds, obligations, and contracts of the Texas Department of Health related to the program listed in Subsection (a) of this section are transferred to the Texas Department of Human Services; and (2) all property and records in the custody of the Texas Department of Health related to the program listed in Subsection (a) of this section and all funds appropriated by the legislature for the program listed in Subsection (a) of this section are transferred to the Texas Department of Human Services.