Amend CSHB 2292 as follows:
On page 122, strike subsection (a) and substitute the
following:
"(a) Except as provided by Section 31.0033 and
notwithstanding any other law, a person for whom the department has
made a determination of eligibility for financial assistance and
for whom an initial payment of that assistance has been made may not
receive any subsequent monthly payments of assistance for the
person or the person's family until the person cooperates with the
requirements of the responsibility agreement under Section
31.0031. The person and the person's family may receive a financial
assistance payment each month only if the person cooperated with
those requirements during the previous month.
(2) On Page 123 and 124, strike subsection (a) and substitute
the following:
"(a) If the department or title IV-D agency determines that a
person has failed to cooperate with the requirements of the
responsibility agreement under Section 31.0031 during a one-month
period [penalties and sanctions should be applied under Section
31.0032], the person determined to have failed to cooperate [not
complied] or, if different, the person receiving the financial
assistance may request a hearing to show good cause for failure to
cooperate [noncompliance] not later than the 13th day after the
date on which notice is received under Section 31.0032. If the
person determined to have failed to cooperate or, if different, the
person receiving the financial assistance requests a hearing to
show good cause not later than the 13th day after the date on which
notice is received under Section 31.0032, the department may not
withhold or reduce the payment of financial assistance until the
31st day after the department receives the request, provided the
department completes the hearing before the 31st day, or the date
the hearing is completed. On a showing for good cause for failure
to cooperate [noncompliance], the person may receive a financial
assistance payment for the month in which the person failed to
cooperate [sanctions may not be imposed].