Amend CSSB 6 as follows:                                                     

(1)  In Section 1.30 of the bill, in added Section 45.002(a), 	Human Resources Code (House committee printing page 28, line 15), 
strike "2009" and substitute "2011".
	(2)  In Section 1.30 of the bill, in added Section 45.002(b), 
Human Resources Code (House committee printing page 28, line 18), 
strike "2009" and substitute "2011".
	(3)  In Section 1.30 of the bill, in added Section 45.002(c), 
Human Resources Code (House committee printing page 28, line 26), 
strike "2009" and substitute "2011".
	(4)  In Section 1.30 of the bill, in added Section 45.002(d), 
Human Resources Code (House committee printing page 29, line 7), 
strike "2009" and substitute "2011".
	(5)  In Section 1.30 of the bill, strike added Section 
45.054(a), Human Resources Code (House committee printing page 32, 
lines 19-26), and substitute:
	(a)  The department shall implement the privatization of 
substitute care and case management services on a regional basis in 
accordance with the transition plan.  The transition plan must 
include a schedule with deadlines for implementation of the plan.  
Subject to the requirements of Subsections (c), (d), and (e), 
statewide implementation of the plan shall be completed not later 
than September 1, 2011.  The commission shall propose the first 
three regions of the state for implementation of privatization 
based on state demographics.  The first three regions must include a 
rural region, a metropolitan region, and a region including border 
areas of the state.
	(6)  In Section 1.30 of the bill, in added Section 45.054(b), 
Human Resources Code (House committee printing page 33, between 
lines 12 and 13), insert a new Subdivision (5) to read as follows:
		(5)  completion of the transition of substitute care 
and case management services in the first region, not later than 
December 31, 2007;
	(7)  In Section 1.30 of the bill, in added Section 45.054(b), 
Human Resources Code (House committee printing page 33, line 13), 
strike "(5)" and substitute "(6)".
	(8)  In Section 1.30 of the bill, in added Section 
45.054(b)(5), Human Resources Code (House committee printing page 
33, line 16), strike "not later than" and substitute "annually 
beginning".
	(9)  In Section 1.30 of the bill, strike added Sections 
45.054(b)(6)-(9), Human Resources Code (House committee printing 
page 33, lines 17-26), and substitute:
		(7)  completion of the transition of substitute care 
and case management services in the second and third regions, not 
later than December 1, 2009; and
		(8)  completion of the statewide implementation of 
contracted substitute care and case management services for 
additional geographic regions, not later than September 1, 2011.
	(10)  In Section 1.30 of the bill, strike added Section 
45.054(c), Human Resources Code (House committee printing page 33, 
line 27 through page 34, line 8), and substitute:
	(c)  Not later than the first anniversary of the date the 
department enters into the first contract for substitute care and 
case management services under this section, the department shall 
contract with a qualified, independent third party to evaluate each 
phase of the privatization of substitute care and case management 
services.  Each evaluation must:
		(1)  assess the performance of substitute care and case 
management services based on compliance with defined quality 
outcomes for children;
		(2)  assess the achievement of performance measures;                   
		(3)  compare for quality the performance of substitute 
care and case management services provided by contractors to 
substitute care and case management services provided by the 
department in the remaining regions;
		(4)  determine if contracted services are cost 
beneficial; and       
		(5)  assess the private sector's ability to meet the 
performance measures, including service capacity, for the 
remaining regions.
	(d)  The independent third party with whom the department 
contracts under Subsection (c) shall submit its reports and 
recommendations to the House Human Services Committee, or its 
successor, and the Senate Health and Human Services Committee, or 
its successor.
	(e)  The department may continue to implement the transition 
plan for the second and third regions only after:
		(1)  the commission reports to the House Human Services 
Committee, or its successor, and the Senate Health and Human 
Services Committee, or its successor, the status of the initial 
transition of services to a contractor in the first region not later 
than December 31, 2006;
		(2)  the independent third party with whom the 
department contracts under Subsection (c) evaluates and reports to 
the House Human Services Committee, or its successor, and the 
Senate Health and Human Services Committee, or its successor, on 
the performance of contracted substitute care and case management 
services in the first region not later than December 31, 2008; and
		(3)  the commission determines, based on the report 
prepared under Subdivision (2) or information obtained by the 
review required under Subsection (b)(6), whether material 
modifications to the model for privatization of substitute care and 
case management services are necessary and submits a report and 
recommendations to the House Human Services Committee, or its 
successor, and the Senate Health and Human Services Committee, or 
its successor, not later than December 31, 2008.
	(f)  The department may not implement the transition plan for 
the second and third regions before September 1, 2009.
	(g)  The department may continue to implement the transition 
plan for the remaining regions of the state only after:
		(1)  the independent third party with whom the 
department contracts under Subsection (c) evaluates and reports to 
the House Human Services Committee, or its successor, and the 
Senate Health and Human Services Committee, or its successor, on 
the performance of contracted substitute care and case management 
services in the second and third regions not later than September 1, 
2010; and
		(2)  the commission determines, based on the report 
prepared under Subdivision (1) or information obtained by the 
review required under Subsection (b)(6), whether material 
modifications to the model for privatization of substitute care and 
case management services are necessary and submits a report and 
recommendations to the House Human Services Committee, or its 
successor, and the Senate Health and Human Services Committee, or 
its successor, not later than December 31, 2010.
	(11)  In Section 1.30 of the bill, in added Section 
45.102(12)(C), Human Resources Code (House committee printing page 
37, line 10), strike "2009" and substitute "2011".
	(12)  In Section 1.30 of the bill, in added Section 45.151, 
Human Resources Code (House committee printing page 38, line 6), 
strike "2010" and substitute "2012".
	(13)  In Section 1.33 of the bill, in added Section 
264.106(i), Family Code (House committee printing page 44, line 5), 
strike "2009" and substitute "2011".
	(14)  In Section 1.33 of the bill, in added Section 
264.106(j), Family Code (House committee printing page 44, line 9), 
strike "2009" and substitute "2011".
	(15)  In Section 1.48(c) of the bill (House committee 
printing page 68, line 22), strike "2009" and substitute "2011".