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Amend CSHB 2292 by adding the following sections,
appropriately numbered, and renumbering subsequent sections
appropriately:
SECTION ____. Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government Code,
is amended by adding Section 531.063 to read as follows:
Sec. 531.063. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE DIVERSION PROGRAM. (a)
The commission and the Texas Workforce Commission, by rule, shall
develop and implement a program to divert persons who have been
determined to be eligible for financial assistance and services
under Chapter 31, Human Resources Code, from public assistance to
private employment.
(b) To be eligible for employment through a diversion
program under this section, a person must:
(1) be a resident of this state;
(2) have been recently determined to be eligible for
financial assistance and services under Chapter 31, Human Resources
Code;
(3) not yet have begun to receive the financial
assistance and services for which the person was recently
determined to be eligible;
(4) agree to fulfill the terms of a work agreement
with a participating private employer under which the person must
work an average of at least 30 hours each week; and
(5) not have previously been an employee whose
employment qualified a private employer for financial incentive
payments through a diversion program under this section.
(c) A financial assistance diversion program under this
section may provide to a participating private employer financial
incentive payments of up to:
(1) $150 each month, up to a total of not more than
$900 for each employee, after the employer has employed and paid
wages to the person for an average of at least 30 hours of work each
week, and where the employee has voluntarily terminated their
employment after being employed for at least 90, but less than 180,
days; and
(2) $200 each month, up to a total of not more than
$1,200 for each employee, after the employer has employed and paid
wages to the person for an average of at least 30 hours of work each
week for at least 180 days.
(d) Financial incentive payments made to a participating
private employer under a diversion program in accordance with this
section shall be paid by the Texas Department of Human Services
using money from the general revenue fund that is designated for the
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program.
SECTION ____. Not later than January 1, 2004, the Health and
Human Services Commission and the Texas Workforce Commission shall
develop and implement a financial assistance diversion program as
required by Section 531.063, Government Code, as added by this Act.