By Maxey H.B. No. 822 76R3497 DRH-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the creation of a task force composed of state and 1-3 county representatives to study federal reimbursements to counties. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. (a) The task force on federal reimbursements to 1-6 counties is composed of: 1-7 (1) the comptroller, as presiding officer; 1-8 (2) three county officials appointed by the governor; 1-9 (3) three county officials appointed by the lieutenant 1-10 governor; 1-11 (4) three county officials appointed by the speaker of 1-12 the house of representatives; 1-13 (5) three county officials appointed by the 1-14 comptroller; and 1-15 (6) one representative of each agency listed by this 1-16 subdivision appointed by the governing body of the agency: the 1-17 Department of Protective and Regulatory Services, the Texas Youth 1-18 Commission, the Texas Department of Health, the office of the 1-19 attorney general, the Texas Department of Human Services, the 1-20 Health and Human Services Commission, the Texas Juvenile Probation 1-21 Commission, and the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental 1-22 Retardation. 1-23 (b) The task force shall: 1-24 (1) study the changes needed to increase federal 2-1 reimbursements to county governments; 2-2 (2) identify ways to increase the reimbursement the 2-3 federal government pays for the indirect costs that counties incur 2-4 in administering aid programs; and 2-5 (3) identify methods of training employees on ways to 2-6 increase federal reimbursements. 2-7 (c) The task force shall report to the 77th Legislature not 2-8 later than January 15, 2001, on its findings. 2-9 (d) The state agencies listed by Subsection (a)(6) of this 2-10 section shall provide staff support to enable the task force to 2-11 carry out its duties. 2-12 (e) This Act expires February 1, 2001. 2-13 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the 2-14 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-15 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-16 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-17 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 2-18 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 2-19 passage, and it is so enacted.