SRC-TBR C.S.H.B. 1243 77(R)BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research CenterC.S.H.B. 1243
77R14678 PB-DBy: Villarreal, Mike (Van de Putte)
Business & Commerce
5/8/2001
Committee Report (Substituted)


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

The Texas Workforce Commission currently tracks the short-term employment
history of a former recipient of assistance under its employment programs
for a maximum of 12 months after the recipient leaves the program.
C.S.H.B. 1243 requires the employment history tracking of former program
recipients to continue for a minimum of three years, and provides measures
for assessing recipients' abilities to achieve and maintain long-term
selfsufficiency.  

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a
state officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Chapter 302A, Labor Code, by adding Section 302.009 as
follows: 

Sec. 302.009.  MONITORING OF EMPLOYMENT HISTORY OF CERTAIN FORMER
RECIPIENTS OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE. (a)  Requires the division of workforce
development (division) to develop and implement a system to monitor the
long-term employment history of certain persons who are former recipients
of assistance under programs operated by the division under Chapter 31,
Human Resources Code; and 7 U.S.C. 2015(d). 

(b)  Requires the division, in designing the system, to cooperate with the
Texas Department of Human Services (department). 

(c)  Requires the system, for each former recipient of assistance, to be
designed to meet certain criteria. 

(d)  Requires the commission to report to the legislature not later than
January 1 of each odd-numbered year regarding the information obtained from
the system developed under Subsection (a).  Authorizes the report required
under this subsection to be made separately or as a part of any other
required report submitted to the legislature by the commission. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date: upon passage or September 1, 2001.