86R25239 AAF-F
By: Gutierrez H.B. No. 2509
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2509:
By: Raymond C.S.H.B. No. 2509
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to monitoring a state agency's compliance with the
requirement to purchase certain goods and services from a community
rehabilitation program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 122, Human Resources Code, is amended by
adding Section 122.0096 to read as follows:
Sec. 122.0096. PROCUREMENT MONITORING. (a) The workforce
commission may monitor the procurement practices of a state agency
to determine compliance with this chapter. The workforce
commission shall notify the state auditor's office if the workforce
commission determines:
(1) a state agency procured a product or service from a
vendor other than a community rehabilitation program;
(2) a suitable product or service that met the state
agency's specifications was available, within the time specified by
the agency, from a community rehabilitation program on the date the
procurement was made; and
(3) the procurement of the product or service from a
community rehabilitation program was not exempted:
(A) under Section 122.016; or
(B) because the product or service failed to meet
a specification described by Section 2155.138(a)(3), Government
Code.
(b) The workforce commission may request that the state
auditor's office conduct an audit of a state agency described by
Subsection (a) to determine the agency's compliance with this
chapter.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.