Amend CSSB 8 (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  (a) The office of inspector general of the Health and Human Services Commission shall review the manner in which:

(1)  the office investigates fraud, waste, and abuse in the supplemental nutrition assistance program under Chapter 33, Human Resources Code, including in the provision of benefits under that program; and

(2)  the office coordinates with other state and federal agencies in conducting those investigations.

(b)  Not later than September 1, 2014, and based on the review required by Subsection (a) of this section, the office of inspector general of the Health and Human Services Commission shall submit to the legislature a written report containing strategies for addressing fraud, waste, and abuse in the supplemental nutrition assistance program under Chapter 33, Human Resources Code, including in the provision of benefits under that program.

(c)  This section expires January 1, 2015.