Amend CSHB 2292 by adding the following sections, 
appropriately numbered, and renumbering subsequent sections 
appropriately:
	SECTION ____.  Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government Code, 
is amended by adding Section 531.063 to read as follows:
	Sec. 531.063.  FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE DIVERSION PROGRAM.  (a)  
The commission and the Texas Workforce Commission, by rule, shall 
develop and implement a program to divert persons who have been 
determined to be eligible for financial assistance and services 
under Chapter 31, Human Resources Code, from public assistance to 
private employment.
	(b)  To be eligible for employment through a diversion 
program under this section, a person must:
(1)  be a resident of this state;                                        
(2)  have been recently determined to be eligible for 
financial assistance and services under Chapter 31, Human Resources 
Code;
(3)  not yet have begun to receive the financial 
assistance and services for which the person was recently 
determined to be eligible;
(4)  agree to fulfill the terms of a work agreement 
with a participating private employer under which the person must 
work an average of at least 30 hours each week; and
(5)  not have previously been an employee whose 
employment qualified a private employer for financial incentive 
payments through a diversion program under this section.
	(c)  A financial assistance diversion program under this 
section may provide to a participating private employer financial 
incentive payments of up to:
(1)  $150 each month, up to a total of not more than 
$900 for each employee, after the employer has employed and paid 
wages to the person for an average of at least 30 hours of work each 
week, and where the employee has voluntarily terminated their 
employment after being employed for at least 90, but less than 180, 
days; and
(2)  $200 each month, up to a total of not more than 
$1,200 for each employee, after the employer has employed and paid 
wages to the person for an average of at least 30 hours of work each 
week for at least 180 days.
	(d)  Financial incentive payments made to a participating 
private employer under a diversion program in accordance with this 
section shall be paid by the Texas Department of Human Services 
using money from the general revenue fund that is designated for the 
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program.
	SECTION ____.  Not later than January 1, 2004, the Health and 
Human Services Commission and the Texas Workforce Commission shall 
develop and implement a financial assistance diversion program as 
required by Section 531.063, Government Code, as added by this Act.