By: Nichols S.B. No. 304
(Creighton)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to employment services programs for certain residents
receiving services from public hospitals or hospital districts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 61.067 to read as follows:
Sec. 61.067. EMPLOYMENT SERVICES PROGRAM. (a) A public
hospital or hospital district may establish procedures consistent
with those used by the Health and Human Services Commission under
Chapter 31, Human Resources Code, for administering an employment
services program and requiring an applicant or eligible resident to
register for work with the Texas Workforce Commission.
(b) The public hospital or hospital district shall notify
each person with a pending application and all eligible residents
of the requirements of the employment services program not less
than 30 days before the program is established.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it 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
Act takes effect September 1, 2011.