Amend CSHB 3700 (house committee report) as follows:
(1) On page 1, strike lines 21 through 24, and substitute the following:
(3) methods for a person to report to the commission fraud, waste, or abuse in the delivery of programs described by Subdivision (1), including an option for:
(i) reporting through the commission's publicly available Internet website; and
(ii) anonymous reporting by an employee of the commission.
(2) On page 2, between lines 5 and 6, insert the following:
(c) Not later than September 1 of each year, the commission shall submit to the legislature a written report that includes for each report of fraud, waste, or abuse in a program described by Subsection (a)(1) received by the commission under this section in the most recent calendar year:
(1) a copy of the report;
(2) any findings made by the commission in investigating the report; and
(3) if fraud, waste, or abuse was found in investigating the report, any actions taken by the commission to resolve the matter.
(d) The commission may not terminate or otherwise retaliate against an employee who in good faith reports to the commission under this section fraud, waste, or abuse in the delivery of programs described by Subsection (a)(1).
SECTION 2. The Texas Workforce Commission shall submit the initial report required by Section 301.201(c), Labor Code, as added by this Act, not later than September 1, 2026.
(3) On page 2, line 6, strike "SECTION 2" and substitute "SECTION 3".