Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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1	1	By: Blanco S.B. No. 2607
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6	6	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
7	7	AN ACT
8	8	relating to the establishment of the Cross-Agency Employment
9	9	Resource Initiative to coordinate and optimize certain employment
10	10	services and resources in this state.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Subtitle G, Title 10, Government Code, is
13	13	amended by adding Chapter 2308B to read as follows:
14	14	CHAPTER 2308B. CROSS-AGENCY EMPLOYMENT RESOURCE INITIATIVE
15	15	Sec. 2308B.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
16	16	(1) "Client" means an individual who:
17	17	(A) receives services from the workforce
18	18	commission;
19	19	(B) is a recipient of financial assistance under
20	20	Chapter 31, Human Resources Code, or supplemental nutrition
21	21	assistance under Chapter 33, Human Resources Code; or
22	22	(C) receives reentry and reintegration services
23	23	from the department.
24	24	(2) "Commission" means the Health and Human Services
25	25	Commission.
26	26	(3) "Department" means the Texas Department of
27	27	Criminal Justice.
28	28	(4) "Initiative" means the Cross-Agency Employment
29	29	Resource Initiative.
30	30	(5) "Workforce commission" means the Texas Workforce
31	31	Commission.
32	32	Sec. 2308B.002. PURPOSE. The Cross-Agency Employment
33	33	Resource Initiative is established to coordinate and optimize
34	34	services, information, and other resources as necessary to:
35	35	(1) align services provided to clients of programs
36	36	administered by the workforce commission who also use programs
37	37	administered by the commission or the department, or both;
38	38	(2) provide those clients with timely and accurate
39	39	information necessary to meet program requirements;
40	40	(3) enable the agencies to maximize and leverage
41	41	resources, including client data and agency office space, to
42	42	effectively and efficiently serve clients using multiple programs
43	43	across the agencies; and
44	44	(4) share individual agency goals and performance
45	45	measures, specifically those attributed to gainful employment,
46	46	employment retention, recidivism, and other workforce development
47	47	goals, and enable state and local policy makers to collaboratively
48	48	implement or modify policy and regulations to effect those goals.
49	49	Sec. 2308B.003. INTERAGENCY AGREEMENTS. The commission,
50	50	department, and workforce commission shall enter into one or more
51	51	interagency agreements establishing policies and processes for:
52	52	(1) sharing relevant client data and agency
53	53	information; and
54	54	(2) sharing agency office space and other resources as
55	55	necessary to effectuate the purposes of the initiative.
56	56	Sec. 2308B.004. QUARTERLY DISCUSSIONS. The executive
57	57	commissioner of the commission, the chair of the Texas Board of
58	58	Criminal Justice, and the chair of the workforce commission shall
59	59	discuss the work of the initiative at least once per quarter.
60	60	Sec. 2308B.005. GIFTS, GRANTS, AND DONATIONS. (a) The
61	61	commission, department, and workforce commission may accept gifts,
62	62	grants, and donations from any public or private source for
63	63	purposes of the initiative.
64	64	(b) The commission, department, and workforce commission
65	65	shall investigate potential sources of funding from federal grants
66	66	or programs that may be used for purposes of the initiative.
67	67	SECTION 2. Not later than October 1, 2025, the executive
68	68	commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission, the chair
69	69	of the Texas Board of Criminal Justice, and the chair of the Texas
70	70	Workforce Commission shall hold the initial discussion required
71	71	under Section 2308B.004, Government Code, as added by this Act.
72	72	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.