Amend CSHB 2292 as follows:                                                  
	On page 121, line 14, strike subsection (b), and replace with 
the following: 
	(b) Beginning on September 1, 2003, the Texas Department of 
Human Service shall require each payee of financial assistance 
under Chapter 31, Human Resources Code, to enter into a 
responsibility agreement that complies with the requirements of 
Section 31.0031, Human Resources Code, as amended by this section, 
to continue receiving that assistance.  Each payee of financial 
assistance under Chapter 31, Human Resources Code, who received 
that assistance on behalf of a dependent child before September 1, 
2003, will be required to enter into a responsibility agreement 
that complies with the requirements of Section 31.0031, Human 
Resources Code, as amended by this section, upon their next review 
of eligibility for financial assistance.  The department may not 
enforce the terms of the new agreement until the payee or recipient 
has an opportunity to enter into the agreement.