HBA-TYH C.S.H.B. 2840 76(R)BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisC.S.H.B. 2840
By: Keffer
State Affairs
5/2/1999
Committee Report (Substituted)



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Currently, only nonprofit organizations that provide human services may
acquire salvage and surplus property through direct transfer.  However,
many groups associated with faith-based organizations who wish to offer
human services do not qualify as nonprofit organizations.  C.S.H.B. 2840
redefines "assistance organizations" to include any other group, including
a faith-based group, that  contracts with health and human services
agencies.  This will permit certain groups that contract with health and
human services agencies to acquire the state's surplus and salvage property
through direct transfer. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 2175.001(1), Government Code, to redefine
"assistance organization" to include as a fourth criterion a group,
including a faith-based group, that enters into a financial or nonfinancial
agreement with a health or human services agency to provide services to
that agency's clients. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date: September 1, 1999.

SECTION 2. Emergency clause.

COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL TO SUBSTITUTE

The substitute modifies the original bill by making changes to conform to
Legislative Council format. 

The substitute modifies the original bill by adding a new SECTION 2
(effective date) and redesignating SECTION 2 (emergency clause) of the
original bill to SECTION 3. 

The substitute modifies the original bill by changing the effective date
from 90 days after adjournment to September 1, 1999.