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	Amend CSSB 1 as follows:                                                     
	(1) On page XII-7, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, 
add the following appropriately numbered section:
	Sec.____.  QUALIFICATION FOR ADDITIONAL TANF FUNDS.  
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, in order to 
maximize the amount of federal TANF funds that might become 
available to the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, the 
Commission shall use federal TANF funds appropriated to the agency 
in Strategy D.1.1. TANF (Cash Assistance) Grants for Fiscal Year 
2011 in Fiscal Year 2010 for the purpose of qualifying for 
additional federal relief under Section 2101(a)(3)(B), 
Expenditures for Non-recurrent Short Term Benefits, American 
Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.  The Commission may 
temporarily adjust the amounts of the non-recurring back-to-school 
grant for each TANF child, the stipend for grandparents caring for 
TANF children, or other existing stipend or grant authorized under 
current state law in order to qualify the state for additional 
relief.
	(2) On page IX-37, amend Section 8.02(a) to read as follows:                   
	(a) (1) All funds received from the United States government 
by a state agency or institution named in this Act are hereby 
appropriated to the agency or institution for the purposes for 
which the federal grant, allocation, aid, payment, or reimbursement 
was made subject to the provisions of this section.
		(2) Funds appropriated above in Subdivision (1) may not 
be spent without the prior written approval of the Legislative 
Budget Board if the amount of federal funds received by the agency 
under this subsection exceeds 10% of the amount of the federal funds 
appropriated to the agency elsewhere in this Act.
	(3) On page IX-37, amend Section 8.02 by adding a new 
appropriately numbered Subsection to read as follows:
	Sec.____.  Notwithstanding the provisions of this section or 
other provision of this Act, in order to maximize the amount of 
federal TANF funds that might become available to the Texas Health 
and Human Services Commission, out of additional TANF funds, if 
any, received from the United States government by the commission 
as a result of compliance with Section 2101(a)(3)(B) Expenditures 
for Non-recurrent Short Term Benefits, American Recovery and 
Reinvestment Act of 2009, the commission shall use such TANF funds 
for the purpose of restoring any and all funds temporarily adjusted 
to achieve such compliance.