84R12413 ADM-D By: King of Taylor H.B. No. 3655 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to a strategy to ensure proper use of money under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. The Health and Human Services Commission shall develop a strategy to ensure that money used to provide financial assistance benefits under Chapter 31, Human Resources Code, is used by recipients of those benefits for its intended purposes. The strategy must include developing a method to prevent fraud, waste, and abuse by better accounting for purchases made by recipients. SECTION 2. This Act expires December 31, 2016. SECTION 3. If before implementing any provision of this Act a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the waiver or authorization is granted. SECTION 4. 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, 2015.