BILL ANALYSIS S.B. 770 By: Hughes International Relations & Economic Development Committee Report (Unamended) BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The job-training programs provided under the self-sufficiency fund are currently available only to individuals who are TANF recipients. It has been suggested that this is too restrictive and denies valuable job training opportunities to individuals who are similarly situated to TANF recipients economically but are not themselves recipients. S.B. 770 seeks to make these job‑training programs more widely available, thus resulting in a workforce that is higher skilled and more job ready and potentially decreasing future reliance on programs like TANF, by extending eligibility for these programs to any individuals the Texas Workforce Commission identifies as being low-income or at risk of becoming dependent on public assistance benefits. CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the committee's opinion that rulemaking authority is expressly granted to the Texas Workforce Commission in SECTION 3 of this bill. ANALYSIS S.B. 770 amends the Labor Code to expand the eligibility for job-training programs provided under the self-sufficiency fund from certain TANF recipients to any individuals who are identified by rule of the Texas Workforce Commission as being low-income or at risk of becoming dependent on public assistance benefits. EFFECTIVE DATE September 1, 2021.
BILL ANALYSIS
# BILL ANALYSIS
S.B. 770
By: Hughes
International Relations & Economic Development
Committee Report (Unamended)
S.B. 770
By: Hughes
International Relations & Economic Development
Committee Report (Unamended)
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The job-training programs provided under the self-sufficiency fund are currently available only to individuals who are TANF recipients. It has been suggested that this is too restrictive and denies valuable job training opportunities to individuals who are similarly situated to TANF recipients economically but are not themselves recipients. S.B. 770 seeks to make these job‑training programs more widely available, thus resulting in a workforce that is higher skilled and more job ready and potentially decreasing future reliance on programs like TANF, by extending eligibility for these programs to any individuals the Texas Workforce Commission identifies as being low-income or at risk of becoming dependent on public assistance benefits.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the committee's opinion that rulemaking authority is expressly granted to the Texas Workforce Commission in SECTION 3 of this bill.
ANALYSIS S.B. 770 amends the Labor Code to expand the eligibility for job-training programs provided under the self-sufficiency fund from certain TANF recipients to any individuals who are identified by rule of the Texas Workforce Commission as being low-income or at risk of becoming dependent on public assistance benefits.
EFFECTIVE DATE September 1, 2021.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
The job-training programs provided under the self-sufficiency fund are currently available only to individuals who are TANF recipients. It has been suggested that this is too restrictive and denies valuable job training opportunities to individuals who are similarly situated to TANF recipients economically but are not themselves recipients. S.B. 770 seeks to make these job‑training programs more widely available, thus resulting in a workforce that is higher skilled and more job ready and potentially decreasing future reliance on programs like TANF, by extending eligibility for these programs to any individuals the Texas Workforce Commission identifies as being low-income or at risk of becoming dependent on public assistance benefits.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
It is the committee's opinion that rulemaking authority is expressly granted to the Texas Workforce Commission in SECTION 3 of this bill.
ANALYSIS
S.B. 770 amends the Labor Code to expand the eligibility for job-training programs provided under the self-sufficiency fund from certain TANF recipients to any individuals who are identified by rule of the Texas Workforce Commission as being low-income or at risk of becoming dependent on public assistance benefits.
EFFECTIVE DATE
September 1, 2021.