78R7979 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 requirements
and work exemptions 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
requirements and work exemptions 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Legislature, Regular Session, 2001, is repealed.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.