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Amend CSHB 2048 by adding the following appropriately 
numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of 
the bill accordingly:
	SECTION___.  (a)  The commission shall not implement the 
redesigned integrated eligibility and benefits determination 
system for health and human services under Section 531.063, 
Government Code, as added by Chapter 198, Acts of the 78th 
Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, until the Texas Integrated 
Eligibility and Redesign System is operational for all programs 
with respect to which it will be used.
	(b)  In determining whether the Texas Integrated Eligibility 
and Redesign System is operational, the Health and Human Services 
Commission shall consider whether the system:
		(1)  has been fully tested and determined to be 
operational with respect to all programs the system is designed to 
serve;
		(2)  meets or exceeds the levels of timeliness and 
accuracy provided by the current automation systems that the system 
is designed to replace; and
		(3)  is capable of producing caseload and 
administrative data and reports in a manner as accurate and as 
timely as provided by the current automations systems that the 
system is designed to replace.
	SECTION ___.  If the Health and Human Services Commission 
determines that the Texas Integrated Eligibility and Redesign 
System is operational for all programs with respect to which it will 
be used, the executive commissioner of the commission shall submit 
to the governor and the presiding officers of the standing 
committees of the senate and house of representatives having 
primary jurisdiction over health and human services a report 
stating that the criteria specified by Section ___(b) of this Act 
have been met and providing evidence of that fact.  If, at the time 
the report is submitted, the legislature is not convened in a 
regular or special session,  the executive commissioner shall also 
submit the report to the Legislative Budget Board.