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	Amend SB 22 by adding the following section to Chapter 32, 
Human Resources Code and renumbering the Sections accordingly;
	SECTION 1. Section 32.061, Human Resources Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	Sec. 32.061. COMMUNITY ATTENDANT SERVICES PROGRAM. (a) Any 
home and community-based services that the department provides 
under Section 1929, Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1396t) 
and its subsequent amendments to functionally disabled individuals 
who have income that exceeds the limit established by federal law 
for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) (42 U.S.C. Section 1381 et 
seq.) and its subsequent amendments shall be provided through the 
community attendant services program.
	(b) In determining an applicant's eligibility for home and 
community-based services described by Subsection (a), the 
department shall exclude $20 of unearned or earned income from the 
applicant's monthly income.
	SECTION 2. If before implementing any provision of this Act a 
state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a 
federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, 
the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or 
authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the 
waiver or authorization is granted.
	For purposes of this Section only the effective date will be 
September 1, 2007.