1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to monitoring by the Texas Workforce Commission of the
1-3 long-term employment history of certain former recipients of public
1-4 assistance.
1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-6 SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 302, Labor Code, is amended
1-7 by adding Section 302.009 to read as follows:
1-8 Sec. 302.009. MONITORING OF EMPLOYMENT HISTORY OF CERTAIN
1-9 FORMER RECIPIENTS OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE. (a) The division shall
1-10 develop and implement a system to monitor the long-term employment
1-11 history of persons who are former recipients of assistance under
1-12 employment programs operated by the division under:
1-13 (1) Chapter 31, Human Resources Code; and
1-14 (2) 7 U.S.C. Section 2015(d).
1-15 (b) In designing the system, the division shall cooperate
1-16 with the Texas Department of Human Services.
1-17 (c) For each former recipient of assistance, the system must
1-18 be designed to:
1-19 (1) establish a baseline earnings measure based on the
1-20 recipient's earnings on leaving the employment program;
1-21 (2) track the wage and employment outcomes of the
1-22 recipient for a period of up to but not more than three years;
1-23 (3) provide, to the extent possible, information
1-24 regarding the recipient's household composition and earnings;
2-1 (4) provide, to the extent possible, information
2-2 regarding additional training or education received by the
2-3 recipient;
2-4 (5) compute:
2-5 (A) the recipient's individual earnings as a
2-6 percentage of the federal poverty level; and
2-7 (B) if data is available, the recipient's
2-8 household earnings as a percentage of the federal poverty level;
2-9 and
2-10 (C) if data is available, the recipient's income
2-11 as a percentage of the federal poverty level adjusted for the total
2-12 value of any public assistance utilized by the recipient's
2-13 household, including, but not limited to, medical assistance, food
2-14 stamps, child care, transportation assistance, the federal earned
2-15 income tax credit, and job training activities; and
2-16 (6) compare the recipient's individual earnings to a
2-17 self-sufficiency standard similar to that required under 20 C.F.R.
2-18 Section 663.230.
2-19 (d) The commission shall report to the legislature not later
2-20 than January 1 of each odd-numbered year regarding the information
2-21 obtained from the system developed under Subsection (a). The
2-22 report required under this subsection may be made separately or as
2-23 a part of any other required report submitted to the legislature by
2-24 the commission.
2-25 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
2-26 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
2-27 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
3-1 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
3-2 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1243 was passed by the House on April
24, 2001, by a non-record vote; and that the House concurred in
Senate amendments to H.B. No. 1243 on May 24, 2001, by a non-record
vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1243 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 23, 2001, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays
0, 1 present, not voting.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________________
Date
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Governor