Amend CSSB 2 (house committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  Consolidation of the Texas Youth Commission and the Juvenile Probation Commission. (a) Of general revenue appropriated to the Texas Education Agency in Article III of HB 1, Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011 (the General Appropriations Act), for Strategy A.1.1, FSP-Equalized Operations (page III-2), not more than $10,000,000 each state fiscal year may be used to contract with the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission or its successor agency.

(b)  Of general revenue appropriated to the Department of Family and Protective Services in Article II of HB 1, Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011 (the General Appropriations Act), for Strategy C.1.1, Star Program (page II-32), not more than $16,328,649 each state fiscal year may be used to contract with the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission or its successor agency.

(c)  Of general revenue appropriated to the Department of Family and Protective Services in Article II, HB 1, Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011 (the General Appropriations Act), for Strategy C.1.3, Texas Families Program (page II-32), not more than $1,953,206 each state fiscal year may be used to implement the provisions of SB 653. Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, as effective September 1, 2011, related to prevention and intervention services.

(d)  Of general revenue appropriated to the Department of Family and Protective Services in Article II, HB 1, Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011 (the General Appropriations Act), for Strategy C.1.5, Other At-Risk Prevention Programs (page II-32), not more than $1,145,288 each state fiscal year may be used to implement the provisions of SB 653, Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, as effective September 1, 2011, related to prevention and intervention services.

(e)  Of general revenue appropriated to the Department of Family and Protective Services in Article II, HB 1, Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011 (the General Appropriations Act), for Strategy C.1.6, At-Risk Prevention Program Support (page II-32), not more than $1,055,245 each state fiscal year may be used to implement the provisions of SB 653, Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, as effective September 1, 2011, related to prevention and intervention services.

(f)  Notwithstanding Subsections (a)-(e) of this section, any unexpended balance of money used for contracts as provided by this section in the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2012, may be applied to contracts for the same purpose in the state fiscal year beginning September 1, 2012.

(g)  Out of the funds transferred to the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission or its successor agency for contracts under this section, the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission may use not more than $250,000 for an external evaluation of the current methods of delivering at-risk youth services in this state. The evaluation must include recommendations for a model system of at-risk youth service delivery with clear accountability measures. The recommendations may include recommendations to state agencies regarding program functions of those agencies that the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission or its successor agency may perform.