Sec. 302.012. MONITORING OF EMPLOYMENT HISTORY OF CERTAIN FORMER RECIPIENTS OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE. (a) The division shall develop and implement a system to monitor the long-term employment history of persons who are former recipients of assistance under employment programs operated by the division under:

(1) Chapter 31, Human Resources Code; and

(2) 7 U.S.C. Section 2015(d).

(b) In designing the system, the division shall cooperate with the Texas Department of Human Services.

(c) For each former recipient of assistance, the system must be designed to:

(1) establish a baseline earnings measure based on the recipient's earnings on leaving the employment program;

(2) track the wage and employment outcomes of the recipient for a period of up to but not more than three years;

(3) provide, to the extent possible, information regarding the recipient's household composition and earnings;

(4) provide, to the extent possible, information regarding additional training or education received by the recipient;

(5) compute:

(A) the recipient's individual earnings as a percentage of the federal poverty level; and

(B) if data is available, the recipient's household earnings as a percentage of the federal poverty level; and

(C) if data is available, the recipient's income as a percentage of the federal poverty level adjusted for the total value of any public assistance utilized by the recipient's household, including, but not limited to, medical assistance, food stamps, child care, transportation assistance, the federal earned income tax credit, and job training activities; and

(6) compare the recipient's individual earnings to a self-sufficiency standard similar to that required under 20 C.F.R. Section 663.230.

(d) The commission shall report to the legislature not later than January 1 of each odd-numbered year regarding the information obtained from the system developed under Subsection (a). The report required under this subsection may be made separately or as a part of any other required report submitted to the legislature by the commission.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 837, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001. Renumbered from Labor Code Sec. 302.009 by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1275, Sec. 2(102), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.