78R11251 KLA-D


By:  Naishtat                                                     H.B. No. 2970



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the state program of temporary assistance and related 
support services for needy persons.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 34.002, Human Resources Code, is amended 
by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
	(d)  If federal law is enacted that imposes work 
participation rate requirements on two-parent families for 
purposes of the financial assistance program under Chapter 31 that 
are substantively identical to those that federal law imposes on 
one-parent families for purposes of that program, the department 
may, on the effective date of the federal law relating to the work 
participation rate requirements for two-parent families, provide 
for establishment of that recipient's eligibility for financial 
assistance under Chapter 31 instead of under this chapter in a 
manner that avoids disruption of benefits for which the recipient 
is eligible.
	SECTION 2.  Section 34.007, Human Resources Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	Sec. 34.007.  REPORT.  The Health and Human Services 
Commission, the department, and the Texas Workforce Commission 
shall monitor implementation and operation of the state program 
and, not later than September 1 of each year, jointly report to the 
governor, the legislature, and the Legislative Budget Board on the 
status and use of the state program.  [The report required to be 
submitted not later than September 1, 2002, must include:
		[(1)  an analysis of whether the state program has 
effectively met the goals of the program, including improved 
delivery of services to program recipients; and
		[(2)  recommendations regarding continuation of the 
program.]
	SECTION 3.  Section 5, Chapter 1440, Acts of the 77th 
Legislature, Regular Session, 2001, is repealed.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.