Floor Packet Page No. 231                                                   

	
Amend CSHB 1 as follows:                                                     
	In Article II, Rehabilitation Commission, add the 
appropriately numbered rider:
	_____.  Denial Rates for Social Security Disability Insurance 
and Supplemental Security Income.  The Texas Rehabilitation 
Commission shall submit a written report quarterly to the 
Legislative Budget Board and Governor that compare the Commission's 
rate and the numbers of denials for initial claims for Social 
Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income to 
regional and national rates of denials.  The Commission shall also 
report the rate and numbers of initial denials overturned upon 
appeal compared to regional and national rates during the quarter.