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Floor Packet Page No. 14                                                    

	
Amend CSHB 15 (house committee printing) with the following 
appropriately numbered rider for the Health and Human Services 
Commission bill pattern: 
	Staffing and Capital Authorization in Lieu of Contracted 
Responsibilities. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision in this 
Act, if the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services 
Commission determines that a service performed as of the effective 
date of this Act under a contract would be more effectively 
performed by state personnel, the executive commissioner is 
authorized to adjust the agency's FTE limitation to the extent 
necessary to ensure the successful assumption of such contracted 
duties. The commission must make corresponding adjustments in the 
scope of duties and responsibilities in the affected contract. An 
increase in agency staffing resulting from the executive 
commissioner's determination under this section are subject to the 
following requirements:
		1. The commission must notify the Legislative Budget 
Board and the Governor at least 10 days prior to adjusting the 
budgeted FTE levels.
		2. The commission must report on a quarterly basis 
beginning December 1, 2007, to the Legislative Budget Board and the 
Governor the number of eligibility and related support staff and 
any related costs in Strategy A.1.2, Integrated Eligibility and 
Enrollment.
	(b) Notwithstanding any other provision in the General 
Appropriations Act, if the executive commissioner of the Health and 
Human Services Commission determines that a service performed as of 
the effective date of this Act under a contract would be more 
effectively performed by state personnel, the Health and Human 
Services Commission is authorized to exceed the capital authority 
limitations provided elsewhere in this Act to the extent necessary 
to acquire hardware, software, and office space to support any 
assumed contracted duties and responsibilities. The commission 
must make corresponding adjustments in the scope of the affected 
contract. An increase in a capital project is subject to the 
following requirements:
		1. The commission must notify the Legislative Budget 
Board and the Governor at least 10 days prior to acquiring capital 
equipment.
		2. The commission must include capital acquisitions in 
required financial reporting to the Legislative Budget Board and 
the Governor.
	(c) The additional staffing and capital expended from 
appropriated sources made to the Texas Health and Human Services 
Commission is for the two-year period beginning on the effective 
date of this Act.