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Amend CSSB 208 (senate committee printing) as follows:
(1) In SECTION 24 of the bill, strike added Section 351.002(b), Labor Code (page 7, lines 22-46), and substitute the following:
(b) The department or commission, as appropriate, shall seek federal approval, if required:
(1) for the commission, beginning on September 1, 2016, to administer the following services and programs under this subtitle that the department operated before that date under the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. Sections 720 through 751):
(A) the vocational rehabilitation program for individuals with visual impairments;
(B) the vocational rehabilitation program for individuals with other disabilities;
(C) the Independent Living Services Program for older individuals who are blind; and
(D) the Criss Cole Rehabilitation Center;
(2) for the commission, beginning on September 1, 2016, to administer the program for vending facilities operated by blind persons under Chapter 355, including the Business Enterprises Program under the Randolph-Sheppard Act (20 U.S.C. Section 107 et seq.), that the department operated before that date; and
(3) to designate within the commission the state unit under 29 U.S.C. Section 721 that is responsible for administering the state's vocational rehabilitation program.
(2) In SECTION 24 of the bill, strike added Chapters 353 and 354, Labor Code (page 13, line 69, through page 15, line 20).
(3) In SECTION 27 of the bill, in the repealer (page 19), strike lines 32, 34, and 35.
(4) In SECTION 27 of the bill, in the repealer (page 19), strike line 38 and substitute the following appropriately numbered subdivision:
(__) Subchapters E and F, Chapter 117, Human Resources Code;
(5) Renumber the subdivisions of SECTION 27 appropriately.