Amend CSSB 1 (house committee printing) in Article II of the bill by adding the following appropriately numbered rider following the appropriations to the Department of Family and Protective Services and renumbering subsequent riders accordingly:

____. Reporting Requirement on Faith-Based Partnerships. The Department of Family and Protective Services shall report, by October 1 of each year of the biennium, to the House Appropriations Committee, the Senate Finance Committee, the Legislative Budget Board, the governor, and the permanent standing committees in the house of representatives and the senate with jurisdiction over health and human services on the Department's activities related to engaging faith communities in serving Texas families and children.

The report shall include the following information:

a. the number of volunteer faith-based organizations with which the Department has partnership arrangements;

b. the items of expense on which appropriations for faith-based partnerships in the 2018-19 biennium are being expended, including expenses for FTEs working on faith-based partnerships;

c. the percentage distribution of faith traditions, including denominations, of volunteer faith-based organizations partnering with the Department;

d. the percentage distribution of services that volunteer faith-based organizations are providing;

e. an account of complaints the Department has received related to volunteer faith-based organizations; and

f. a description of the Department's faith-based partnership program, including all hard-copy materials and online resources.