86R25239 AAF-F
 
  By: Gutierrez H.B. No. 2509
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2509:
 
  By:  Raymond C.S.H.B. No. 2509
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to monitoring a state agency's compliance with the
  requirement to purchase certain goods and services from a community
  rehabilitation program.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 122, Human Resources Code, is amended by
  adding Section 122.0096 to read as follows:
         Sec. 122.0096.  PROCUREMENT MONITORING. (a)  The workforce
  commission may monitor the procurement practices of a state agency
  to determine compliance with this chapter.  The workforce
  commission shall notify the state auditor's office if the workforce
  commission determines:
               (1)  a state agency procured a product or service from a
  vendor other than a community rehabilitation program;
               (2)  a suitable product or service that met the state
  agency's specifications was available, within the time specified by
  the agency, from a community rehabilitation program on the date the
  procurement was made; and
               (3)  the procurement of the product or service from a
  community rehabilitation program was not exempted:
                     (A)  under Section 122.016; or
                     (B)  because the product or service failed to meet
  a specification described by Section 2155.138(a)(3), Government
  Code.
         (b)  The workforce commission may request that the state
  auditor's office conduct an audit of a state agency described by
  Subsection (a) to determine the agency's compliance with this
  chapter.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.