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Amend CSHB 1516 by adding the following appropriately 
numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of 
the bill accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  (a)  The Health and Human Services Commission 
shall suspend all activities related to establishing a call center 
under Section 531.063, Government Code, as added by Chapter 198, 
Acts of the 78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, including 
conducting negotiations regarding a proposed contract for a call 
center, and, if the commission entered into a contract for the 
establishment of a call center under Section 531.063, Government 
Code, as added by Chapter 198, Acts of the 78th Legislature, Regular 
Session, 2003, before the effective date of this section, the 
commission may not renew the contract until the commission has:
		(1)  fully developed and tested the Texas Integrated 
Eligibility and Redesign System;
		(2)  determined that the system is operational for all 
programs with respect to which it will be used; and
		(3)  submitted the report required by Subsection (c) of 
this section.       
	(b)  In determining whether the Texas Integrated Eligibility 
and Redesign System is operational for all programs with respect to 
which it will be used as required by Subsection (a)(2) of this 
section, the Health and Human Services Commission shall consider 
whether the system:
		(1)  has been fully tested and determined to be 
operational with respect to all programs the system is designed to 
serve;
		(2)  has been tested and shown to be operational under 
caseloads that are at least equal to 75 percent of the full 
statewide caseloads of the programs the system is designed to 
serve; and
		(3)  when tested under the full statewide caseloads of 
the programs the system is designed to serve, meets or exceeds the 
levels of timeliness and accuracy provided by the current 
automations systems that the system is designed to replace.
	(c)  If the Health and Human Services Commission determines 
that the Texas Integrated Eligibility and Redesign System is 
operational for all programs with respect to which it will be used, 
the executive commissioner of the commission shall submit to the 
governor and the presiding officers of the standing committees of 
the senate and house of representatives having primary jurisdiction 
over health and human services a report stating that the criteria 
specified by Subsection (b) of this section have been met and 
providing evidence of that fact.  If, at the time the report is 
submitted, the legislature is not convened in a regular or special 
session,  the executive commissioner shall also submit the report 
to the Legislative Budget Board.
	(d)  This section takes effect immediately if this Act 
receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each 
house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  
If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate 
effect, this section takes effect September 1, 2005.