HB 4903, Sen 2nd Rdg, Amnd #F1

(1) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 74.002(a), Human Resources Code (page 1, line 42), between "and" and "streamline" insert "recommend actions to".

(2) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 74.003(a)(1), Human Resources Code (page 1, line 48), between "Commission" and the underlined semicolon, insert "or the chair's designee".

(3) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 74.003(a)(2), Human Resources Code (page 1, line 50), between "Commission" and the underlined semicolon, insert "or the executive commissioner's designee".

(4) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 74.003(a)(3), Human Resources Code (page 1, line 52), between "Services" and the underlined semicolon, insert "or the commissioner's designee".

(5) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 74.003(a)(4), Human Resources Code (page 1, line 53), between "education" and the underlined period, insert "or the commissioner's designee".

(6) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 74.003(b), Human Resources Code (page 1, line 54), between "Commission" and "shall", insert "or the chair's designee".

(7) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 74.005, Human Resources Code (page 2, line 9), between "and" and "streamline" insert "recommend actions to".

(8) In SECTION 1 of the bill, immediately following added Section 74.006, Human Resources Code (page 2, between lines 28 and 29), insert the following:

(d) Not later than the 30th day after the date a meeting is held under this section, the Quad-Agency chair shall:

(1) prepare and submit to the office of the governor a report that includes a list of existing or proposed regulations, rules, policies, or other participating agency actions under review by the commission; and

(2) make the report prepared under Subdivision (1) available to the public on the Texas Workforce Commission's Internet website until the second anniversary of the date the meeting is held under this section.

Sec. 74.007. SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT INPUT. (a) In performing a duty under Section 74.005, the Quad-Agency chair may request input from a subject matter expert, including a child-care provider. Input requested under this section may be:

(1) submitted in writing; or

(2) provided in person at a meeting held under Section 74.006.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the commission shall make all written submissions by a subject matter expert available to the public on the Texas Workforce Commission's Internet website until the second anniversary of the date the submission is made.

(c) A subject matter expert who makes a written submission may request the written submission be kept confidential. If a subject matter expert requests that the written submission be kept confidential, the commission may not make the written submission available to the public on the Texas Workforce Commission's Internet website.

(9) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in the heading to added Section 74.007, Human Resources Code (page 2, line 29), strike "74.007" and substitute "74.008".

(10) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in the heading to added Section 74.008, Human Resources Code (page 2, line 65), strike "74.008" and substitute "74.009".

(11) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 74.008(c), Human Resources Code (page 3, line 5), strike "submitted under this section" and substitute "granted under Subsection (b)".

(12) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 74.008(c), Human Resources Code (page 3, line 7), strike "commission receives" and substitute "Quad-Agency chair grants".

(13) In SECTION 1 of the bill, strike added Section 74.009, Human Resources Code (page 3, lines 8 through 20).

(14) In SECTION 1 of the bill, strike Section 74.010(a), Human Resources Code (page 3, lines 21 through 28), and substitute the following:

(a) For each review conducted under this chapter, the commission shall accept public comment through the Texas Workforce Commission's Internet website from the date notice regarding the review is provided under Section 74.008(c)(1) until the end of the 30th day after that date.

(15) In SECTION 1 of the bill, strike added Sections 74.011(b), (c), and (d), Human Resources Code (page 3, lines 41 through 66), and substitute the following:

(b) If the commission determines that the existing or proposed regulation, rule, policy, or other participating agency action reviewed under this chapter is consistent with the objectives identified in Section 74.005(3), no further action will be taken. If the commission determines that the existing or proposed regulation, rule, policy, or other participating agency action reviewed under this chapter is inconsistent with the objectives identified in Section 74.005(3), or if the commission cannot reach a determination, the commission shall submit the commission's findings to the Texas Regulatory Efficiency Office.

(c) If the commission submits the commission's findings to the Texas Regulatory Efficiency Office, the Texas Regulatory Efficiency Office shall conduct a review of the commission's findings and render a final determination as to whether the existing or proposed regulation, rule, policy, or other participating agency action reviewed under this chapter is consistent with the objectives identified in Section 74.005(3).

(d) If the Texas Regulatory Efficiency Office determines that the existing or proposed regulation, rule, policy, or other participating agency action reviewed under this chapter:

(1) is consistent with the objectives identified in Section 74.005(3), no further action will be taken; or

(2) is inconsistent with the objectives identified in Section 74.005(3), the participating agency whose existing or proposed regulation, rule, policy, or other agency action was the subject of the review shall:

(A) cease any enforcement activity related to the regulation, rule, policy, or other agency action as soon as practicable;

(B) withdraw the regulation, rule, policy, or other agency action as soon as practicable; and

(C) if the participating agency considers appropriate, replace the regulation, rule, policy, or other agency action with a less restrictive regulation, rule, policy, or other agency action.

(e) The commission and the Texas Regulatory Efficiency Office may provide suggestions to a participating agency on less restrictive regulations, rules, policies, or other agency actions the agency may adopt to replace a regulation, rule, policy, or other agency action that the commission considers inconsistent with the objectives identified in Section 74.005(3).

(f) This section may not be construed to:

(1) authorize the commission or the Texas Regulatory Efficiency Office to require a participating agency to adopt a less restrictive regulation, rule, policy, or other agency action suggested by the commission under Subsection (e); or

(2) prohibit a participating agency from withdrawing or replacing an existing regulation, rule, policy, or other participating agency action under law or agency procedure.