Amend SB 831 as follows: (1) In SECTION 1 of the bill, strike proposed Section 32.053(e), Human Resources Code (house committee printing, page 2, lines 22-26), and substitute the following: (e) Not later than December 1, 2002, the department shall evaluate the effectiveness of the demonstration project in providing health care services to employed persons with disabilities. If the results of the evaluation indicate that the project is effective, the department shall incorporate a request for funding for the continuation or expansion of the program in the department's budget request for the next state fiscal biennium. (2) Strike SECTION 2 of the bill (house committee printing, page 3, lines 2-5). (3) Insert the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS of the bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly: SECTION ____. (a) The Health and Human Services Commission shall request and actively pursue the award of a federal grant authorized by the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999 (Pub. L. No. 106-170), as amended, to support the design, establishment, and operation of infrastructures in this state that provide support services for employed persons with disabilities. (b) The commission shall comply with any prerequisite imposed under the federal law to receiving the grant. SECTION ____. The state agency responsible for implementing the demonstration project required by Section 32.053, Human Resources Code, as added by this Act, shall request and actively pursue any necessary waivers or authorizations from the Health Care Financing Administration or other appropriate entities to enable the agency to implement the demonstration project not later than January 1, 2002. The agency may delay implementing the demonstration project until the necessary waivers or authorizations are granted.