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.