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ce Com

mittee

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ns

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r Ad

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tion

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1-1

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By:

Article

I C

om

ptro

ller of P

ub

lic Acco

un

ts – F

iscal P

rogram

s

Co

ntin

gen

cy fo

r SB

1368

Prep

ared b

y L

BB

Staff, 5

/21/2

015

Overv

iew

Sen

ate Bill 1

368 am

ends C

hap

ter 140 o

f the L

ocal G

overn

men

t Code an

d w

ould

pro

vid

e

disab

led v

eteran assistan

ce paym

ents to

certain q

ualified

cities and co

unties d

ispro

portio

nately

affected b

y to

tal residen

ce hom

estead p

rop

erty tax

exem

ptio

ns fo

r totally

disab

led v

eterans o

r

their su

rviv

ing sp

ouses au

thorized

under S

ection 1

1.1

31 o

f the T

ax C

ode. Q

ualified

local

govern

men

ts would

be elig

ible to

apply

to th

e Com

ptro

ller beg

innin

g w

ith a fiscal y

ear that

beg

an in

the 2

014 tax

year; th

e assistance p

aym

ents w

ould

be rem

itted b

egin

nin

g in

fiscal year

2016. T

he co

ntin

gen

cy ap

pro

priatio

n w

ould

pro

vid

e $5,0

00,0

00 to

the C

om

ptro

ller Public

Acco

unts fo

r this p

urp

ose.

Req

uired

Actio

n

1)

On p

age I-X

X o

f House B

ill 1 as E

ngro

ssed, ad

d th

e follo

win

g n

ew rid

er to th

e bill

pattern

of th

e Com

ptro

ller of P

ublic A

ccounts –

Fiscal P

rogram

s:

_____. C

on

tingen

cy fo

r SB

1368. C

ontin

gen

t on en

actmen

t of S

B 1

368, o

r similar leg

islation

relating to

the to

the p

rov

ision o

f state aid to

certain lo

cal gov

ernm

ents d

ispro

portio

nately

affected b

y th

e gran

ting o

f ad v

alorem

tax relief to

disab

led v

eterans, b

y th

e Eig

hty

-fourth

Leg

islature, R

egular S

ession, th

e Com

ptro

ller of P

ublic A

ccounts-F

iscal Pro

gram

s is

appro

priated

$5,0

00,0

00 fo

r the 2

016

-17 b

ienniu

m fro

m G

eneral R

even

ue fo

r the p

roposes o

f

pro

vid

ing assistan

ce to q

ualified

cities and co

unties. A

ny u

nex

pen

ded

balan

ce remain

ing at th

e

conclu

sion o

f fiscal year 2

016 is ap

pro

priated

for th

e same p

urp

ose fo

r fiscal year 2

017.

of 44

By:

Tru

steed P

rog

ram

s With

in th

e Office o

f the G

ov

erno

r, A

rticle I T

echn

ical A

dju

stmen

ts

Prep

ared b

y L

BB

Staff, 0

5/2

1/1

5

Overv

iew

Am

end T

rusteed

Pro

gram

s With

in th

e Office o

f the G

overn

or’s b

ill pattern

to in

clude th

e

follo

win

g ad

justm

ents.

Req

uired

Actio

n

1.

On p

age I-5

7, in

Rid

er 12, A

pp

ropriatio

n o

f Un

expen

ded

Balan

ces, Rev

enue an

d In

terest

Earn

ings, in

Part I. b

, strike S

trategy C

.1.3

, Film

and M

usic M

arketin

g, an

d ad

d S

trategy

C.1

.2, T

ourism

.

2.

On p

age I-5

3, in

Strateg

y C

.1.5

, Military

Prep

aredness, ad

d $

15,0

00,0

00

in G

eneral

Rev

enue in

each fiscal y

ear o

f the 2

016

-17 b

ienniu

m fo

r gran

ts to m

ilitary d

efense

impacted

com

munities.

3.

On p

age I-5

9 o

f the T

rusteed

Pro

gram

s With

in th

e Office o

f the G

ov

ernor’s b

ill pattern

,

add th

e follo

win

g rid

er:

R

ider _

_. T

exas M

ilitary P

rep

ared

ness G

ran

t Pro

gra

m. O

ut o

f amounts

appro

priated

above in

Strateg

y C

.1.5

. Military

Prep

aredness, th

e Tru

steed P

rogram

s

With

in th

e Office o

f the G

overn

or is ap

pro

priated

$15,0

00,0

00 in

each fiscal y

ear of

the 2

016-1

7 b

ienniu

m in

Gen

eral Rev

enue fo

r gran

ts to m

ilitary d

efense im

pacted

com

munities. P

ursu

ant to

Chap

ter 436, su

bch

apter E

of th

e Tex

as Govern

men

t Code

the T

exas M

ilitary P

repared

ness C

om

missio

n sh

all adm

inister th

ese gran

ts.

of 44

By:

Lib

rary

an

d A

rchiv

es, Article I

Pro

posed

Fu

nd

ing a

nd

Rid

er

Increa

sing G

enera

l Rev

enu

e to P

rovid

e Sala

ry In

creases

Prep

ared b

y L

BB

Staff, 0

5/2

1/2

015

Overv

iew

Increase G

eneral R

even

ue b

y $

400,0

00 fo

r the 2

016

-17 b

ienniu

m at th

e Lib

rary an

d A

rchiv

es

Com

missio

n to

allow

for salary

increases affectin

g all S

trategies. A

dd a n

ew rid

er that id

entifies

fundin

g fo

r this p

urp

ose.

Req

uired

Actio

n:

On p

age I-7

0 in

the L

ibrary

and A

rchiv

es Com

missio

n B

ill Pattern

, increase G

eneral R

even

ue b

y

$200,0

00 in

each fiscal y

ear of th

e 201

6-1

7 b

ienniu

m.

On p

age I-7

1 in

the L

ibrary

and A

rchiv

es Com

missio

n B

ill Pattern

increase fu

ndin

g in

the

follo

win

g strateg

ies:

1.

Strateg

y A

.1.1

, Lib

rary R

esource S

harin

g, in

crease Gen

eral Rev

enue b

y $

5,7

78 each

fiscal year.

2.

Strateg

y A

.1.2

, Aid

to L

ocal L

ibraries, in

crease Gen

eral Rev

enu

e by $

11,5

56 each

fiscal

year.

3.

Strateg

y A

.2.1

, Disab

led S

ervices, in

crease Gen

eral Rev

enue b

y $

69,3

33 each

fiscal year.

4.

Strateg

y B

.1.1

, Pro

vid

e Access to

Info

and A

rchiv

es, increase G

eneral R

even

ue b

y

$59,5

56 each

fiscal year.

5.

Strateg

y C

.1.1

, Man

age S

tate/Local R

ecord

s, increase G

eneral R

even

ue b

y $

16,8

89 each

fiscal year.

6.

Strateg

y D

.1.1

, Indirect A

dm

inistratio

n, in

crease Gen

eral Rev

enue b

y $

36,8

88 each

fiscal

year.

On p

age I-7

4 ad

d th

e follo

win

g rid

er:

_11__.

Sala

ry In

creases. In

cluded

in th

e amounts ap

pro

priated

above in

Strateg

y A

.1.1

,

Lib

rary R

esources S

harin

g, S

trategy A

.1.2

, Aid

to L

ocal L

ibraries, S

trategy A

.2.1

,

Disab

led S

ervices, S

trategy B

.1.1

, Pro

vid

e Access to

Info

and A

rchiv

es, Strateg

y

C.1

.1, M

anag

e State/L

ocal R

ecord

s, and S

trategy D

.1.1

, Indirect A

dm

inistratio

n, is

$200,0

00 in

Gen

eral Rev

enue in

each fiscal y

ear of th

e 20

16-1

7 b

ienniu

m fo

r salary

increases to

pro

vid

e com

petitiv

e wag

es for p

arity w

ith o

ther state ag

encies an

d

libraries.

of 44

By _

__

__

__

__

__

____

Dep

artm

en

t of A

gin

g a

nd

Disa

bility

Serv

ices

Pro

po

sed R

ider

Co

ntin

gen

cy fo

r Ho

me a

nd

Co

mm

un

ity-b

ased

Serv

ices (HC

S) W

aiv

er Pro

gra

m

Ra

te Incre

ases

Prep

ared b

y L

BB

Staff, 5

/19

/15

Overv

iew

Contin

gen

cy p

rovisio

n fo

r rate increases in

the H

CS

waiv

er pro

gram

.

Req

uired

Actio

n

On

pag

e II-__ o

f Dep

artmen

t of A

gin

g an

d D

isability

Serv

ices bill p

attern ad

d th

e

follo

win

g rid

er: xx.

Con

tingen

cy fo

r Rate In

creases in

the H

om

e an

d C

om

mu

nity

-based

Serv

ices Waiv

er

Pro

gra

m.

(a) Inclu

ded

in am

ounts ap

pro

priated

abov

e in S

trategy A

.3.2

., Hom

e and C

om

munity

-

based

Serv

ices (HC

S), is $

3,3

12,0

29

in G

eneral R

even

ue F

unds an

d $

4,4

28

,165

in F

ederal

Funds in

fiscal year 2

016

and $

3,4

99,8

72 in

Gen

eral Rev

enue F

unds an

d $

4,5

84,8

40

in

Fed

eral Funds in

fiscal year 2

017 to

pro

vid

e for rate in

creases in th

e HC

S W

aiver

Pro

gram

. The rate in

creases may

be targ

eted to

any serv

ice or serv

ices determ

ined

to n

ot

be fu

lly fu

nded

, but m

ust b

e at the sam

e level in

each fiscal y

ear.

(b) T

he ap

pro

priatio

n o

f the am

ou

nts d

escribed

in su

bsectio

n (a) is co

ntin

gen

t upon a

certification b

y th

e com

missio

ner su

bm

itted to

the L

egislativ

e Bud

get B

oard

and th

e

Com

ptro

ller of P

ublic A

ccounts th

at a system

of sp

endin

g acco

untab

ility h

as been

establish

ed th

at ensu

res each p

rovid

er expen

ds at least 9

0 p

ercent o

f all fun

ds receiv

ed

thro

ugh th

e HC

S M

edicaid

pay

men

t rates (not lim

ited to

those receiv

ing a rate in

crease)

on H

CS

Med

icaid serv

ices as captu

red b

y th

e pro

vid

er’s Med

icaid co

st report o

r is subject

to a reco

upm

ent o

f the d

ifference b

etween

90 p

ercent o

f funds receiv

ed th

rough th

e HC

S

Med

icaid p

aym

ent rates an

d th

e pro

vid

er's actual ex

pen

ditu

res pro

vid

ing H

CS

services to

Med

icaid recip

ients.

of 44

By _

__

__

__

__

__

____

Dep

artm

en

t of A

gin

g a

nd

Disa

bility

Serv

ices

Pro

po

sed R

ider

Co

ntin

gen

cy fo

r No

n-S

tate-O

wn

ed In

term

ed

iate C

are F

acilitie

s for P

erson

s with

Intellectu

al o

r Dev

elop

men

tal D

isab

ilities Ra

te Increa

ses

Prep

ared b

y L

BB

Staff, 5

/19

/15

Overv

iew

Contin

gen

cy p

rovisio

n fo

r a 2.2

percen

t rate increase fo

r certain IC

F/IID

pro

vid

ers.

Req

uired

Actio

n

On

pag

e II-__ o

f the D

epartm

ent o

f Ag

ing

and

Disab

ility S

ervices b

ill pattern

add

the

follo

win

g rid

er: xx.

Con

tingen

cy fo

r Rate In

creases fo

r Non

-Sta

te-O

wn

ed In

term

edia

te Care F

acilities

for In

div

idu

als w

ith In

tellectual o

r Dev

elop

men

tal D

isab

ilities.

(a) Inclu

ded

in am

ounts ap

pro

priated

abov

e in S

trategy A

.7.1

., Interm

ediate C

are

Facilities fo

r Indiv

iduals w

ith In

tellectual D

isabilities (IC

Fs/IID

), is $2,5

82,6

04

in G

eneral

Rev

enu

e Funds an

d $

3,4

52,2

80

in F

ederal F

unds in

fiscal year 2

016 an

d $

2,6

05,4

95

in

Gen

eral Rev

enue F

unds an

d $

3,4

12,9

00 in

Fed

eral Funds in

fiscal year 2

01

7 to

pro

vid

e

for a 2

.2 p

ercent rate in

crease to n

on

-state-ow

ned

ICF

s/IID.

(b) T

he ap

pro

priatio

n o

f the am

ou

nts d

escribed

in su

bsectio

n (a) is co

ntin

gen

t upon a

certification b

y th

e com

missio

ner su

bm

itted to

the L

egislativ

e Bud

get B

oard

and th

e

Com

ptro

ller of P

ublic A

ccounts th

at a system

of sp

endin

g acco

untab

ility h

as been

establish

ed th

at ensu

res each p

rovid

er expen

ds at least 9

0 p

ercent o

f funds receiv

ed

thro

ugh th

e ICF

/IID M

edicaid

paym

ent rates o

n IC

F/IID

Med

icaid serv

ices as captu

red b

y

the p

rovid

er’s Med

icaid co

st repo

rt or is su

bject to

a recoupm

ent o

f the d

ifference

betw

een 9

0 p

ercent o

f funds receiv

ed th

rou

gh th

e ICF

/IID M

edicaid

paym

ent rates an

d th

e

pro

vid

er's actual ex

pen

ditu

res pro

vid

ing IC

F/IID

services to

Med

icaid recip

ients.

of 44

By:

Dep

artm

ent o

f Fa

mily

an

d P

rote

ctive S

ervices

Pro

posed

New

Rid

er

Rate In

crea

ses for F

oster C

are P

rovid

ers

Prep

ared b

y L

BB

Staff, 5

/19/2

015

Overv

iew

Inclu

de a n

ew rid

er to p

rovid

e info

rmatio

n o

n fu

nd

ing

for rate in

creases fo

r certain fo

ster

care pro

vid

ers. R

equ

ired A

ction

On

pag

e II-42

of th

e House B

ill and II-4

2 o

f the S

enate B

ill, add

the fo

llow

ing

rider:

__. R

ate In

creases fo

r F

oster C

are P

rov

ider

s. Inclu

ded

in th

e amo

un

ts app

rop

riated

abo

ve in

strategy B

.1.9

, Foster C

are Paym

ents, is $

24

,98

0,4

48

in A

ll Fu

nd

s, inclu

din

g

$9

,91

4,2

64

in G

eneral R

even

ue F

un

ds an

d $

8,2

17

,18

1 in

TA

NF

Fed

eral Fu

nd

s, for th

e

20

16-1

7 b

ienniu

m fo

r rate increases fo

r certain fo

ster care pro

vid

ers. Th

e fun

din

g is

inten

ded

to p

rovid

e a:

a. 5.1

% in

crease to C

hild

Placin

g A

gen

cies (weig

hted

across all serv

ice

levels);

b.

9.5

8%

increase fo

r the S

pecialized

level an

d 0

.3%

for th

e Inten

se

level at R

esiden

tial Treatm

ent C

enters, an

d;

c. 6%

increase fo

r Em

ergen

cy S

helters.

of 44

By:

Dep

artm

ent o

f Fa

mily

an

d P

rote

ctive S

ervices

Pro

posed

Rid

er Am

end

men

t

Foster C

are R

edesig

n

Prep

ared b

y L

BB

Staff, 5

/15/2

015

Overv

iew

Am

end

the fo

ster care redesig

n rid

er to p

rov

ide ad

ditio

nal d

irection

to th

e Dep

artmen

t of

Fam

ily an

d P

rotectiv

e Serv

ices regard

ing

the ro

ll-ou

t of fo

ster care redesig

n.

Req

uired

Actio

n

On

pag

e II-39

of th

e House B

ill, amen

d th

e foster care red

esig

n rid

er as follo

ws:

26

. Fo

ster Care R

ed

esign

. Out o

f fun

ds ap

pro

priated

abo

ve to

the D

epartm

ent o

f Fam

ily

and

Pro

tective S

ervices in

Goal B

, Ch

ild P

rotectiv

e Serv

ices, the ag

ency

shall:

a. R

epo

rt selected p

erform

ance m

easures id

entified

by th

e Leg

islative B

ud

get B

oard

that

will allo

w fo

r com

parativ

e analy

sis betw

een th

e legac

y fo

ster care and

the red

esigned

foster care sy

stems.

b.

Pro

vid

e a report th

at contain

s the m

ost recen

t data fo

r the selected

com

parativ

e

perfo

rman

ce measu

res, an an

alysis o

f the d

ata that id

entifies tren

ds an

d related

impact

occu

rring in

the red

esigned

foster care sy

stem, id

entificatio

n an

d an

alysis o

f factors

neg

atively

impactin

g an

y o

utco

mes, reco

mm

end

ation

s to ad

dress p

rob

lems id

entified

from

the d

ata, and an

y o

ther in

form

ation

necessary

to d

etermin

e the statu

s of th

e

redesig

ned

foster care sy

stem. T

he rep

ort sh

all b

e prep

ared in

a form

at specified

by

the L

egislativ

e Bud

get B

oard

and sh

all be su

bm

itted A

ugust 1

st and F

ebru

ary 1

st of

each y

ear of th

e bien

niu

m. T

he rep

ort sh

all be p

rov

ided

to th

e Leg

islative B

ud

get

Bo

ard, th

e Office o

f the G

overn

or, th

e Ho

use C

om

mittee o

n A

pp

rop

riation

s, the

Sen

ate Co

mm

ittee on F

inan

ce, the H

ou

se Co

mm

ittee on

Hu

man

Serv

ices, and

the

Sen

ate Co

mm

ittee on H

ealth an

d H

um

an S

ervices. T

he rep

ort sh

all also b

e po

sted o

n

the ag

ency’s w

ebpag

e in o

rder to

ensu

re transp

arency w

ith stak

eho

lders.

c. En

sure th

at all tasks, related

FT

Es, an

d asso

ciated fu

nd

ing

to b

e transferred

from

DF

PS

to a sin

gle so

urce co

ntin

uu

m co

ntracto

r (SS

CC

) are clearly id

entified

and

agreed

up

on

prio

r to each

sub

sequ

ent ro

llou

t.

d. C

on

tinue th

e use o

f an in

dep

end

ent ev

aluatio

n to

com

plete p

rocess an

d o

utco

me

evalu

ation

s thro

ug

ho

ut th

e entire ro

llou

t and

imp

lemen

tation

of fo

ster care redesig

n in

each estab

lished

catchm

ent area. A

ll evalu

ation

s shall b

e pro

vid

ed to

the O

ffice of

the G

overn

or, th

e House C

om

mittee o

n A

pp

rop

riation

s, the S

enate C

om

mittee o

n

Fin

ance, th

e House C

om

mittee o

n H

um

an S

ervices, an

d th

e Sen

ate Co

mm

ittee on

Health

and

Hu

man

Serv

ices.

e. Dev

elop

a pro

gressiv

e interv

entio

n p

lan an

d co

ntin

gen

cy p

lan fo

r the co

ntin

uity

of

foster care serv

ice deliv

ery in

certain g

eog

raph

ic areas. Th

is plan

sho

uld

be p

ub

lished

on

DF

PS

web

site.

f. Dev

elop

and

repo

rt on

quality

indicato

rs for m

easurin

g ch

ild an

d fam

ily w

ell-bein

g in

bo

th th

e legac

y an

d red

esigned

system

s.

of 44

By:

Art. II, D

ep

artm

en

t of S

tate H

ealth

Serv

ices A

men

d R

ider

Tra

nsitio

n o

f the N

orth

ST

AR

Beh

avio

ral H

ealth

Serv

ices Mod

el

Prep

ared b

y L

BB

Staff, 0

5/2

0/2

015

Overv

iew

Am

end th

e follo

win

g rid

er in th

e Sen

ate engro

ssed v

ersion o

f CS

HB

1 to

allocate fu

ndin

g after

the d

iscontin

uatio

n o

f North

ST

AR

to th

e North

Tex

as Beh

avio

ral Health

Auth

ority

and th

e

new

ly-created

local m

ental h

ealth au

thority

servin

g C

ollin

County

. Additio

nally

, the ex

ecutiv

e

com

missio

ner sh

all pro

vid

e a recom

men

datio

n o

n th

e date o

f transitio

n.

Req

uired

Actio

n

On p

age II-6

9 o

f the D

epartm

ent o

f State H

ealth S

ervices b

ill pattern

in th

e Sen

ate engro

ssed

versio

n o

f CS

HB

1, am

end

the fo

llow

ing rid

er:

76.

North

ST

AR

Fu

nd

ingT

ran

sition

of th

e North

ST

AR

Beh

avio

ral H

ealth

Serv

ices Mod

el.

Appro

priatio

ns m

ade ab

ove in

this A

ct in S

trategy B

.2.4

, North

ST

AR

Beh

avio

ral Health

Waiv

er,

for fiscal y

ear 201

7 assu

me th

e disco

ntin

uatio

n o

f the p

rogram

on D

ecember 3

1, 2

016.

a. B

egin

nin

g Jan

uary

1, 2

01

7, fu

nds to

pro

vid

e services, o

ther th

an M

edicaid

beh

avio

ral health

services, p

revio

usly

availab

le thro

ugh N

orth

ST

AR

are allocated

as follo

ws:

N

orth

Tex

as Beh

avio

ral Health

Auth

ority

(NT

BH

A):

B.2

.1, M

ental H

ealth S

ervices fo

r Adults, $

19,2

18,4

96 in

GR

and

$23,1

44,1

12

in A

ll

Fu

nd

s

B.2

.2, M

ental H

ealth S

ervices fo

r Child

ren, $

6,4

06,1

64 in

GR

and

$7,7

14,7

02 in

All

Fu

nd

s

B.2

.3, C

om

mu

nity

Men

tal Health

Crisis S

ervices, $

5,3

48,6

40

in G

R an

d A

ll Funds

B.2

.5, S

ub

stance A

bu

se Prev

entio

n, $

744,9

54

in G

R, $

6,4

95,1

91

in A

ll Funds

L

ocal M

ental H

ealth A

uth

ority

(LM

HA

) servin

g C

ollin

County

:

B.2

.1, M

ental H

ealth S

ervices fo

r Adults, $

4,7

69,6

92

in G

R an

d $

5,8

25,8

22

in A

ll Fun

ds

B.2

.2, M

ental H

ealth S

ervices fo

r Child

ren, $

1,5

89,8

97

in G

R an

d $

1,9

41,9

40

in A

ll

Fu

nd

s

B.2

.3, C

om

mu

nity

Men

tal Health

Crisis S

ervices, $

1,4

38,9

74

in G

R an

d A

ll Funds

B.2

.5, S

ub

stance A

bu

se Prev

entio

n, $

114,9

72

in G

R, $

1,0

02,4

32

in A

ll Funds

This allo

cation

takes in

to acco

unt th

e pro

portio

n o

f histo

rical billin

g p

atterns, g

eneral

pop

ulatio

n, an

d p

op

ulatio

n u

nd

er 200 p

ercent o

f federal p

overty

level. T

hese am

ounts in

clud

e

fund

ing ad

justm

ents o

f $1

0,8

61

,046

in G

eneral R

even

ue fo

r NT

BH

A (w

hich

inclu

des

$7,0

87

,81

7 fo

r on

e-time tran

sition n

eeds) an

d $

2,5

15,1

32

in G

eneral R

even

ue fo

r the L

MH

A

servin

g C

ollin

Co

unty

(wh

ich in

cludes $

1,5

00,0

00 fo

r one-tim

e transitio

n n

eeds). E

xpen

ditu

re

of tran

sition fu

ndin

g m

ust b

e appro

ved

by th

e Health

and H

um

an S

ervices C

om

missio

n

(HH

SC

) execu

tive co

mm

ission

er.

b.

It is the in

tent o

f the L

egislatu

re that th

e North

ST

AR

Beh

avio

ral Health

Serv

ices model cease

operatio

n o

n D

ecemb

er 31

, 20

16

. Tran

sition fu

nds are in

tended

to su

pport N

TB

HA

and

LM

HA

Co

llin C

ou

nty

for read

iness to

transitio

n b

y th

is date. T

he H

HS

C ex

ecutiv

e

com

missio

ner, in

coord

inatio

n w

ith D

SH

S, sh

all evalu

ate and rep

ort to

the L

egislatu

re by M

ay

1, 2

01

6 o

n th

e pro

gress o

f NT

BH

A an

d L

MH

A C

ollin

County

, separately

, as they

transitio

n

from

the cu

rrent N

orth

ST

AR

mo

del to

the n

ew m

odels. If d

eemed

necessary

, the H

HS

C

execu

tive co

mm

ission

er may

sub

mit a req

uest to

the L

egislativ

e Budget B

oard

to ex

tend th

e

transitio

n d

eadlin

e by 9

0 d

ays. T

he req

uest sh

ould

indicate h

ow

transitio

n fu

nds h

ave b

een

spen

t to d

ate, pro

vid

e a ration

ale for th

e delay

and in

clude a p

lan to

com

plete th

e transitio

n

with

an acco

mp

anyin

g p

lan fo

r strategy tran

sfers to alig

n w

ith th

e delay

ed tran

sition d

ate,

which

can b

e no

later than

March

31, 2

017. T

he req

uest sh

all be co

nsid

ered to

be d

isappro

ved

unless th

e Leg

islative B

ud

get B

oard

or th

e Govern

or issu

e a written

appro

val w

ithin

15

busin

ess day

s of th

e date o

n w

hich

the staff o

f the L

egislativ

e Budget B

oard

forw

ards its

of 44

review

of th

e requ

est to th

e Ch

air of th

e House A

ppro

priatio

ns C

om

mittee, C

hair o

f the S

enate

Fin

ance C

om

mittee, S

peak

er of th

e House an

d L

ieuten

ant G

overn

or. A

ny req

uests fo

r

additio

nal in

form

ation

mad

e by th

e Leg

islative B

udget B

oard

shall in

terrupt th

e countin

g o

f

the 1

5 b

usin

ess day

s.

c. H

HS

C, in

coord

inatio

n w

ith D

SH

S, sh

all pro

vid

e a report b

y M

arch 1

, 2017 to

the G

overn

or’s

Office an

d th

e Leg

islative B

ud

get B

oard

that in

cludes N

TB

HA

’s and C

ollin

County

’s plan

s to

access add

ition

al fun

ds, w

hich

may

inclu

de lo

cal funds, M

edicaid

funds, an

d o

ther so

urces, in

additio

n to

a pro

jection

of fu

nd

s anticip

ated in

fiscal year 2

018 an

d fiscal y

ear 2019.

of 44

By:

Art. II, D

ep

artm

en

t of S

tate H

ealth

Serv

ices P

rop

osed

Rid

er

Increa

sed A

ccess to

Co

mm

un

ity M

enta

l Hea

lth S

ervices

Prep

ared b

y L

BB

Staff, 5

/19/2

015

Overv

iew

Add a n

ew rid

er to in

crease the n

um

ber o

f indiv

iduals cu

rrently

pro

vid

ed co

mm

unity

men

tal

health

services b

y lo

cal men

tal health

auth

orities, an

d p

rovid

e additio

nal co

mm

unity

men

tal

health

services fu

ndin

g.

Req

uired

Actio

n

On p

age II-7

0 o

f the D

epartm

ent o

f State H

ealth S

ervices b

ill pattern

, add th

e follo

win

g rid

er:

_____. In

creased

Access to

Co

mm

un

ity M

enta

l Hea

lth S

ervices. O

ut o

f funds ap

pro

priated

above in

B.2

.1, M

ental H

ealth S

ervices fo

r Adults, B

.2.2

, Men

tal Health

Serv

ices for C

hild

ren,

and B

.2.4

, No

rthS

TA

R B

ehav

ioral H

ealth S

ervices W

aiver, th

e Dep

artmen

t of S

tate Health

Serv

ices (DS

HS

) shall allo

cate $46,4

86,0

01 in

Gen

eral Rev

enu

e Funds o

ver th

e 2016

-17

bien

niu

m to

pro

vid

e a fundin

g ad

justm

ent to

the lo

cal men

tal health

auth

orities (L

MH

A) an

d th

e

North

ST

AR

service area to

increase th

e num

ber o

f indiv

iduals p

rovid

ed co

mm

unity

men

tal

health

services. O

f these fu

nds ab

ove, D

SH

S sh

all allocate $

37,0

52,2

73 to

local m

ental h

ealth

auth

orities u

sing a fo

rmu

la that co

nsid

ers histo

rical billin

g p

atterns, g

eneral p

opulatio

n an

d

populatio

n u

nder 2

00 p

ercent o

f the fed

eral poverty

level, an

d $

9,4

33,7

28 to

local m

ental h

ealth

auth

orities to

serve 9

60 in

div

iduals o

n w

aitlists for th

e purp

ose o

f elimin

ating w

aitlists. It is the

inten

t of th

e Leg

islature th

at DS

HS

enco

urag

e the lo

cal men

tal health

auth

orities an

d th

e

North

ST

AR

service area to

first serve th

eir statuto

rily req

uired

prio

rity p

op

ulatio

ns, an

d th

en to

serve all clien

ts who q

ualify

with

the g

oal o

f prev

entin

g a w

aitlist durin

g th

e 2016

-17 b

ienniu

m.

of 44

By:

Art. II, D

ep

artm

en

t of S

tate H

ealth

Serv

ices P

rop

osed

Rid

er

Sta

te Hosp

ital S

ystem

Imp

rov

em

ent

Prep

ared b

y L

BB

Staff, 0

5/1

9/2

015

Overv

iew

Add a n

ew rid

er to req

uire D

SH

S to

shall ev

aluate th

e ben

efits of a u

niv

ersity h

ealth related

institu

tion

or in

stitutio

ns o

peratin

g a state h

osp

ital, and allo

w D

SH

S to

subm

it a pro

posal to

allocate $

12.4

millio

n in

Gen

eral Rev

enue o

ver th

e bien

niu

m to

undertak

e plan

nin

g an

d

prep

aration activ

ities for n

ew h

osp

ital constru

ction.

Req

uired

Actio

n

On p

age II-7

1 o

f the D

epartm

ent o

f State H

ealth S

ervices b

ill pattern

, add th

e follo

win

g rid

er:

_____. S

tate H

osp

ital S

ystem

Imp

rov

em

ent.

(a) The D

epartm

ent o

f State H

ealth S

ervices (D

SH

S) sh

all evalu

ate the b

enefits o

f a

univ

ersity h

ealth related

institu

tion o

r institu

tions o

peratin

g a state h

osp

ital. The

evalu

ation

should

inclu

de ad

min

istrative, leg

al and fin

ancial co

nsid

eration

s as well as a

timelin

e for th

e transitio

n an

d a p

rogress rep

ort o

n th

e expan

sion

of effo

rts to in

crease

academ

ic partn

ership

s. The ev

aluatio

n an

d rep

ort m

ust b

e subm

itted to

the G

overn

or’s

Office an

d th

e Leg

islative B

ud

get B

oard

no later th

an S

eptem

ber 1

, 2016.

(b) In

the ev

ent th

at DS

HS

pro

jects a surp

lus o

f funds av

ailable in

Goal C

, Hosp

ital Facilities

and S

ervices, D

SH

S m

ay su

bm

it a pro

posal to

use th

ese funds, u

p to

the am

ount o

f $12.4

millio

n in

Gen

eral Rev

enue o

ver th

e bien

niu

m, fo

r the p

urp

ose o

f pro

ject plan

nin

g,

dev

elopm

ent o

f constru

ction p

lans, site p

reparatio

n an

d related

activities to

support th

e

futu

re constru

ction o

f men

tal health

hosp

ital facilities to rep

lace the cu

rrent facility

at

Rusk

. The p

roposal m

ust in

clude th

e strategies w

here th

e surp

lus G

eneral R

even

ue fu

nds

would

be tran

sferred fro

m, an

d D

SH

S m

ust receiv

e written

prio

r app

roval o

f the

Govern

or’s O

ffice and th

e Leg

islative B

ud

get B

oard

befo

re usin

g su

rplu

s funds fo

r these

purp

oses.

of 44

By _

__

__

__

__

__

___

Dep

artm

en

t of S

tate H

ealth

Ser

vices

Pro

po

sed R

ider

Psy

chia

tric Cen

ter Ra

tes

Prep

ared b

y L

BB

Staff, 3

/1/1

5

Overv

iew

Ad

d a n

ew rid

er that req

uires th

e Dep

artmen

t of S

tate Health

Serv

ices to allo

cate fun

ds to

increase th

e acute care b

ed rate at H

arris Co

un

ty P

sych

iatric Cen

ter.

Req

uired

Actio

n

On

pag

e II-86

of th

e Dep

artmen

t of S

tate Health

Serv

ices bill p

attern, ad

d th

e follo

win

g

rider:

XX

. Un

iversity

of T

exas H

arris C

ou

nty

Psy

chia

tric Cen

ter Ra

tes. Ou

t of fu

nd

s

app

rop

riated ab

ov

e in strateg

y C

.2.1

, Men

tal Health

Co

mm

un

ity H

osp

itals, the

Dep

artmen

t of S

tate Health

Serv

ices shall allo

cate $1

,21

3,1

03

in G

eneral R

even

ue F

un

ds

in each

fiscal year o

f the 2

016

-17 b

ienn

ium

in o

rder to

increase th

e rate for a

cute

com

mu

nity

men

tal health

inpatien

t services at th

is facility.

of 44

By:

Art. II, D

ep

artm

en

t of S

tate H

ealth

Serv

ices A

men

d R

ider

Lim

itatio

n: E

xp

end

iture a

nd

Tra

nsfer o

f Ad

ditio

nal P

ub

lic Hea

lth M

edica

id

Reim

bu

rsem

ents

Prep

ared b

y L

BB

Staff, 5

/18/2

015

Overv

iew

Am

end th

e follo

win

g rid

er to u

pdate th

e amounts ap

pro

priated

to D

SH

S fo

r Public H

ealth

Med

icaid R

eimbursem

ents (A

ccount 7

09).

Req

uired

Actio

n

On p

age II-6

3 o

f the D

epartm

ent o

f State H

ealth S

ervices b

ill pattern

, amen

d th

e follo

win

g rid

er:

45

. L

imita

tion

: Exp

end

iture a

nd

Tra

nsfer o

f Ad

ditio

nal P

ub

lic Hea

lth M

edica

id

Reim

bu

rsemen

ts. a.

Ap

pro

pria

tion

s. Inclu

ded

in th

e amounts ap

pro

priated

above fo

r the D

epartm

ent o

f State

Health

Serv

ices (DS

HS

) are the fo

llow

ing am

ounts o

f Public H

ealth M

edicaid

Reim

bu

rsemen

ts (Acco

unt 7

09

), which

inclu

des an

anticip

ated tran

sfer in th

e amount o

f

$1

2,4

15

,200

26

,027

,13

3 in

fiscal year 2

016 an

d $

12,4

35,5

53

31,3

97,3

17

in fiscal y

ear 201

7 to

the H

ealth an

d H

um

an S

ervices C

om

missio

n fro

m S

trategy A

.4.1

, Lab

orato

ry S

ervices:

(1)

Strateg

y A

.2.1

, Imm

un

ize Child

ren an

d A

dults in

Tex

as: $341,6

86 in

each fiscal y

ear;

(2)

Strateg

y A

.4.1

, Lab

orato

ry S

ervices: $

32,0

06,1

18

45,6

18,0

51

in fiscal y

ear 2016 an

d

$5

0,9

67

,882

in fiscal y

ear 2017

;

(3)

Strateg

y C

.1.3

, Men

tal Health

State H

osp

itals: $50,2

43,8

86 in

each fiscal y

ear (fundin

g

represen

ts all add

itional A

ccount 7

09 rev

enue an

ticipated

to b

e availab

le in th

e 2016

-

17

bien

niu

m ($

10

0,4

87

,772); th

e additio

nal rev

enue is asso

ciated w

ith an

anticip

ated

increase in

labo

ratory

fee reven

ue d

ue to

a rate chan

ge to

align w

ith M

edicare rates);

(4)

Strateg

y C

.2.1

, Men

tal Health

Com

munity

Hosp

itals: $10,1

20,7

00 in

each fiscal y

ear;

and

(5)

Strateg

y E

.1.1

, Cen

tral Adm

inistratio

n: $

672,2

85 in

each fiscal y

ear.

b.

Lim

itatio

n o

n U

se o

f Pu

blic H

ealth

Med

icaid

Reim

bu

rsemen

ts (Acco

un

t 709).

(1)

In th

e even

t that P

ublic H

ealth M

edicaid

Reim

bursem

ent rev

enues ex

ceed th

e amou

nts

no

ted ab

ove, th

e dep

artmen

t may

spen

d th

e Public H

ealth M

edicaid

Reim

bursem

ent

fun

ds th

ereby m

ade av

ailable u

pon p

rior w

ritten n

otificatio

n o

f the L

egislativ

e Bu

dget

Bo

ard an

d th

e Go

vern

or. In

the ev

ent th

at these rev

enues are less th

an th

e amounts

abo

ve, a red

uctio

n sh

all be m

ade in

Strateg

y A

.4.1

, Lab

orato

ry S

ervices fo

r transfer to

the H

ealth an

d H

um

an S

ervices C

om

missio

n.

(2)

No

twith

standin

g an

y o

ther p

rovisio

ns co

ntain

ed in

Article IX

, Sectio

n 1

4.0

1, tran

sfers

of P

ublic H

ealth M

edicaid

Reim

bursem

ent rev

enues m

ay b

e mad

e upon p

rior w

ritten

no

tification

of th

e Leg

islative B

udget B

oard

and th

e Govern

or.

c. N

otifica

tion

of U

se o

f Ad

ditio

nal P

ub

lic Hea

lth M

edica

id R

eimb

ursem

ents F

un

ds. T

he

notificatio

n sh

all inclu

de th

e follo

win

g in

form

ation:

(1)

the reaso

n fo

r and

the am

ount o

f Public H

ealth M

edicaid

Reim

bursem

ent rev

enue th

at

exceed

s the am

ou

nts n

oted

in sectio

n (a) ab

ove, an

d w

heth

er this ad

ditio

nal re

ven

ue

will co

ntin

ue in

futu

re years;

of 44

(2)

the reaso

n fo

r and

the am

ount o

f any tran

sfer of P

ublic H

ealth M

edicaid

Reim

bu

rsemen

t reven

ue;

(3)

a detailed

exp

lanatio

n o

f the p

urp

ose(s) o

f the ex

pen

ditu

re and w

heth

er the ex

pen

ditu

re

will b

e one-tim

e or o

ngo

ing;

(4)

the n

ame o

f the strateg

y o

r strategies affected

by th

e expen

ditu

re and th

e FT

Es fo

r each

strategy b

y fiscal y

ear;

(5)

the im

pact o

f the ex

pen

ditu

re on p

erform

ance lev

els and, w

here relev

ant, a co

mpariso

n

to targ

ets inclu

ded

in th

is Act fo

r the affected

strategy o

r strategies; an

d

(6)

the im

pact o

f the ex

pen

ditu

re on th

e capital b

udget.

of 44

By:

Dep

artm

ent o

f Sta

te Hea

lth S

erv

ices, A

rt. II

Pro

posed

Rid

er

ST

D/H

IV S

creenin

gs

Prep

ared b

y L

BB

Staff, 0

5/2

1/2

015

Overv

iew

Add a m

otio

n an

d rid

er to p

rovid

e additio

nal fu

nd

ing to

the D

epartm

ent o

f State H

ealth S

ervices

to g

ive H

IV/S

TD

screenin

gs to

certain resid

ents w

hen

they g

o in

for ro

utin

e check

ups.

Req

uired

Actio

n

1.

On p

age II-4

4 o

f the D

epartm

ent o

f State H

ealth S

ervices b

ill pattern

, increase G

eneral

Rev

enue fu

nds in

Strateg

y A

.2.2

, HIV

/ST

D P

reven

tion

, by $

250,0

00 in

each fiscal y

ear

for H

IV/S

TD

screenin

gs.

2.

On p

age II-7

1 o

f the D

epartm

ent o

f State H

ealth S

ervices b

ill pattern

, add th

e follo

win

g

rider:

_____. H

IV/S

TD

Screen

ings. O

ut o

f funds ap

pro

priated

above to

Strateg

y A

.2.2

, HIV

/ST

D

Prev

entio

n, th

e Dep

artmen

t of S

tate Health

Serv

ices shall allo

cate an ad

ditio

nal $

250,0

00 in

Gen

eral Rev

enue in

each fiscal y

ear to p

rovid

e an o

ptio

n fo

r an H

IV/S

TD

screenin

g d

urin

g

routin

e check

ups to

residen

ts in m

etropolitan

statistical areas with

the h

igh

est rate or in

stances o

f

HIV

/ST

D cases.

of 44

By:

Hea

lth a

nd

Hu

ma

n S

ervices C

om

missio

n

Am

end

ed R

ider

Med

icaid

Fu

nd

ing R

edu

ction

an

d C

ost C

on

tain

men

t

Prep

ared b

y L

egislativ

e Bud

get B

oard

Staff, 5

/20/2

015

Overv

iew

Am

end R

ider 5

1, M

edicaid

Fundin

g R

edu

ction an

d C

ost C

ontain

men

t, to in

clude sp

ecific

reductio

ns fo

r therap

y serv

ices.

Req

uired

Actio

n

On p

age II-9

0 o

f the S

enate C

om

mittee su

bstitu

te to H

ouse B

ill 1, H

ealth an

d H

um

an S

ervices

Com

missio

n b

ill pattern

, amen

d th

e follo

win

g rid

er:

51. M

edica

id F

un

din

g R

edu

ction

an

d C

ost C

on

tain

men

t

a. In

cluded

in ap

pro

priatio

ns ab

ove in

Goal B

, Med

icaid, is a red

uctio

n o

f $18

6,5

00,0

00 in

Gen

eral Rev

enue F

unds an

d $

249,3

49,4

98 in

Fed

eral Funds in

fiscal year 2

016 an

d

$186,5

00,0

00 in

Gen

eral Rev

enue F

unds an

d $

247

,220,9

30 in

Fed

eral Fund

s in fiscal y

ear

2017, a b

iennial to

tal of $

373,0

00,0

00 in

Gen

eral Rev

enue F

unds an

d $

496

,570,4

28 in

Fed

eral Funds. T

he H

ealth an

d H

um

an S

ervices C

om

missio

n (H

HS

C) is au

thorized

to

transfer th

ese reductio

ns b

etween

fiscal years an

d to

allocate th

ese reductio

ns am

ong h

ealth

and h

um

an serv

ices agen

cies as listed in

Article II o

f this A

ct, Chap

ter 531, G

overn

men

t

Code, p

ursu

ant to

the n

otificatio

n req

uirem

ent to

sub

mit a p

lan in

cluded

in S

ubsectio

n (c) o

f

this rid

er.

b.

This red

uctio

n sh

all be ach

ieved

thro

ugh th

e implem

entatio

n o

f the p

lan d

escribed

under

subsectio

n (d

c) which

may

inclu

de an

y o

r all of th

e follo

win

g in

itiatives:

(1)

Contin

ue stren

gth

enin

g an

d ex

pan

din

g p

rior au

tho

rization an

d u

tilization rev

iews,

(2)

Incen

tivize ap

pro

priate n

eonatal in

tensiv

e care unit u

tilization an

d co

din

g,

(3)

Fully

implem

ent d

ually

eligib

le Med

icare/Med

icaid in

tegrated

care model an

d lo

ng

-

term serv

ices and su

pports q

uality

paym

ent in

itiative,

(4)

Refo

rm reim

bursem

ent m

ethodolo

gy, p

olicies, an

d u

tilization fo

r acute care th

erapy

services,

(45)

Max

imize co

-paym

ents in

Med

icaid p

rogram

s,

(56)

Increase frau

d, w

aste, and ab

use p

reven

tion an

d d

etection,

(67)

Ex

plo

re chan

ges to

prem

ium

structu

re for m

anag

ed care o

rgan

izations an

d

contractin

g to

ols to

reduce co

sts and in

crease efficiency,

(78)

Ren

egotiate m

ore efficien

t contracts, in

cludin

g red

ucin

g th

e adm

inistrativ

e con

tract

pro

fit marg

in an

d estab

lish reb

ate pro

visio

ns w

here p

ossib

le,

(89)

Dev

elop a d

yn

amic p

remiu

m d

evelo

pm

ent p

rocess fo

r man

aged

care org

anizatio

ns

that h

as an o

ngoin

g m

ethodolo

gy fo

r redu

cing in

appro

priate u

tilization, im

pro

vin

g

outco

mes, red

ucin

g u

nn

ecessary sp

endin

g, an

d in

creasing efficien

cy,

(910)

Implem

ent fee

-for-serv

ice paym

ent ch

anges an

d m

anag

ed care p

remiu

m

adju

stmen

ts that in

centiv

ize the m

ost ap

pro

priate an

d effectiv

e use o

f services,

of 44

(1011) Im

pro

ve b

irth o

utco

mes, in

cludin

g im

pro

vin

g access to

info

rmatio

n an

d p

aym

ent

reform

,

(1112) In

crease efficiencies in

the v

endor d

rug p

rogram

,

(1213) In

crease third

party

recoupm

ents,

(1314) C

reate a pilo

t pro

gram

on m

oto

r veh

icle subro

gatio

n, an

d

(14) A

ssess optio

ns to

reduce co

sts for retro

active M

edicaid

claims,

(15) R

eview

the co

st effectiven

ess of in

cludin

g ch

ildren

with

disab

ilities in d

ental m

anag

ed

care,

(16) R

eview

and d

etermin

e the b

enefits o

f pro

vid

ing th

e man

aged

care-org

anizatio

ns w

ith

the ab

ility to

create a pharm

acy lo

ck-in

pro

gram

, and

(17) Im

plem

ent ad

ditio

nal in

itiatives id

entified

by H

HS

C.

c. H

HS

C sh

all reform

reimbursem

ent m

ethodolo

gy to

be in

line w

ith in

dustry

standard

s,

policies, an

d u

tilization fo

r acute care th

erapy serv

ices (inclu

din

g p

hysical, o

ccupatio

nal,

and sp

eech th

erapies) w

hile co

nsid

ering stak

ehold

er input an

d access to

care. Out o

f the

amount in

subsectio

n (a), in

each fiscal y

ear at least $50

,000,0

00 in

Gen

eral Rev

enue F

unds

savin

gs sh

ould

be ach

ieved

thro

ugh rate red

uctio

ns an

d $

25,0

00,0

00 in

Gen

eral Rev

enu

e

Funds sav

ings m

ay b

e achiev

ed th

rou

gh v

arious m

edical p

olic

y in

itiatives listed

in item

s (1)-

(10). If $

25,0

00,0

00 in

savin

gs is n

ot ach

ieved

thro

ugh v

arious m

edical p

olicy

initiativ

es in

fiscal year 2

016, th

e amo

unt o

f unrealized

savin

gs (th

e differen

ce betw

een $

25,0

00,0

00

in

Gen

eral Rev

enue F

unds an

d sav

ings actu

ally ach

ieved

in fiscal y

ear 2016

) should

be

achiev

ed th

rou

gh ad

ditio

nal rate red

uctio

ns in

fiscal year 2

017

while co

ntin

uin

g an

y

initiativ

es implem

ented

in fiscal y

ear 2016 th

at hav

e been

found

to p

roduce sav

ings. H

HS

C

may

achiev

e savin

gs th

rough v

arious m

edical p

olicy

initiativ

es, takin

g in

to co

nsid

eration th

e

follo

win

g:

(1)

Clarify

ing p

olic

y lan

gu

age reg

ardin

g co

-therap

y d

efinitio

n, d

ocu

men

tation, an

d b

illing

requirem

ents,

(2)

Clarify

ing w

ho can

particip

ate in th

erapy sessio

ns in

policy

that in

terns, aid

es, studen

ts,

ord

erlies and tech

nician

s can p

articipate in

therap

y sessio

ns w

hen

they are d

irectly an

d

appro

priately

superv

ised acco

rdin

g to

pro

vid

er licensu

re requirem

ents, b

ut th

ey are n

ot

eligib

le to en

roll as p

rovid

ers and b

ill Tex

as Med

icaid fo

r services,

(3)

Conso

lidate T

raditio

nal, C

om

preh

ensiv

e Care P

rogram

and H

om

e Health

Agen

cy

therap

y p

olicies in

to o

ne p

olicy

,

(4)

Req

uire a p

rimary

care or treatin

g p

hysician

to in

itiate a sign

ed o

rder o

r referral prio

r

to an

initial th

erapy ev

aluatio

n. T

he in

itial evalu

ation w

ill not req

uire a p

rior

auth

orizatio

n; h

ow

ever, th

e signed

ord

er or referral m

ust b

e dated

prio

r to th

e

evalu

ation,

(5)

Req

uire a p

rimary

care or treatin

g p

hysician

to o

rder th

e therap

y serv

ices based

on

the

ou

tcom

es of th

e evalu

ation,

(6)

Clarify

med

ical necessity

for th

erapy serv

ices to en

sure p

rior au

tho

rization staff w

ho

are review

ing req

uests are u

sing g

uid

elines b

ased o

n th

e natio

nally

recognized

standard

s of care,

(7)

Req

uire licen

sed M

edicaid

enro

lled th

erapists to

docu

men

t and su

pport d

ecisions fo

r

contin

ued

therap

y b

ased o

n p

rofessio

nal assessm

ent o

f a client's p

rogress relativ

e to

their in

div

idual treatm

ent p

lan an

d in

concert w

ith th

e client's p

rimary

care ph

ysician

and th

e indiv

idual an

d/o

r family

,

of 44

(8)

En

sure ap

pro

priate d

uratio

n o

f services b

y alig

nin

g au

thorizatio

n p

eriods w

ith n

ational

standard

s,

(9)

Stream

line p

rior au

thorizatio

n p

rocesses, an

d

(10) Im

plem

ent p

olicies th

at ensu

re services are p

rovid

ed in

the m

ost co

st-efficient an

d

med

ically ap

pro

priate settin

g, an

d im

plem

entatio

n o

f oth

er med

ical or b

illing p

olic

y

chan

ges.

d. H

HS

C sh

all dev

elop a p

lan to

allocate th

e reductio

ns req

uired

by S

ubsectio

n (a) o

f this rid

er

by tak

ing actio

ns su

ch as th

ose su

ggested

under S

ubsectio

n (b

) and (c) o

f this rid

er to th

e

budgets o

f the h

ealth an

d h

um

an serv

ices agen

cies as listed in

Article II o

f this A

ct Chap

ter

531, G

overn

men

t Code. T

he p

lan sh

all inclu

de red

uctio

n am

ounts b

y strateg

y an

d fiscal y

ear

and sh

all be su

bm

itted in

writin

g b

efore D

ecember 1

, 2015 to

the L

egislativ

e Bud

get B

oard

,

the G

overn

or, an

d th

e Co

mptro

ller of P

ublic A

ccounts.

of 44

By:

Art. II, H

ealth

an

d H

um

an

Serv

ices

Pro

posed

Rid

er

Nu

rsing F

acility

Min

imu

m P

ay

men

t Am

ou

nts P

rog

ram

Prep

ared b

y L

BB

Staff, 0

5/1

8/2

015

Overv

iew

Add a n

ew rid

er to tran

sition th

e Nursin

g F

acility M

inim

um

Pay

men

t Am

ounts P

rogram

(MP

AP

) to a Q

uality

Incen

tive P

aym

ent P

rogram

(QIP

P) fo

r all nursin

g facilities.

Req

uired

Actio

n

On p

age II-9

7 o

f the H

ealth an

d H

um

an S

ervices C

om

missio

n b

ill pattern

, add th

e follo

win

g

rider:

_____. N

ursin

g F

acility

Min

imu

m P

ay

men

t Am

ou

nts P

rog

ram

. It is the in

tent o

f the

Leg

islature th

at not later th

an S

eptem

ber 1

, 2016, th

e Com

missio

n sh

all fully

transitio

n th

e

Nursin

g F

acility M

inim

um

Pay

men

t Am

ounts P

rogram

(MP

AP

) pro

gram

from

a pro

gram

solely

based

on en

han

ced p

aym

ent rates to

publically

-ow

ned

nursin

g facilities to

a Quality

Incen

tive

Pay

men

t Pro

gram

(QIP

P) fo

r all nursin

g facilities th

at hav

e a source o

f pub

lic fundin

g fo

r the

non-fed

eral share, w

heth

er those facilities are p

ub

lically- o

r priv

ately-o

wned

. No state G

eneral

Rev

enue is to

be ex

pen

ded

under th

e QIP

P. T

he ad

ditio

nal p

aym

ents to

nursin

g facilities th

rough

the Q

IPP

should

be b

ased u

pon im

pro

vem

ents in

quality

and in

novatio

n in

the p

rovisio

n o

f

nursin

g facility

services, in

cludin

g b

ut n

ot lim

ited to

pay

men

t incen

tives to

establish

cultu

re

chan

ge, sm

all house m

od

els, staffing en

han

cemen

ts and o

utco

me m

easures to

impro

ve th

e

quality

of care an

d life fo

r nursin

g facility

residen

ts.

of 44

By:

Sp

ecial P

rov

ision

s, Art. II

New

Rid

er

Pay

men

ts to R

ura

l Hosp

ital P

rovid

ers

Prep

ared b

y L

egislativ

e Bud

get B

oard

Staff, 5

/19/2

015

Overv

iew

Add a n

ew sectio

n to

Sp

ecial Pro

visio

ns o

f Article II allo

cating $

20,0

00,0

00 in

Gen

eral

Rev

enue-D

edicated

Desig

nated

Trau

ma F

acility an

d E

MS

Acco

unt N

o. 5

111 an

d $

5,0

00,0

00 in

Gen

eral Rev

enue F

unds o

ver th

e bien

niu

m to

pro

vid

e paym

ents to

rural h

osp

ital pro

vid

ers.

Req

uired

Actio

n

On p

age II-1

21 o

f the C

om

mittee S

ubstitu

te to H

ouse B

ill 1, S

pecial P

rovisio

ns to

Article II,

add th

e follo

win

g rid

er:

___. P

ay

men

ts to R

ura

l Hosp

ital P

rovid

ers.

a. Out o

f funds ap

pro

priated

above to

the D

epartm

ent o

f State H

ealth S

ervices (D

SH

S),

$10,0

00,0

00 in

each fiscal y

ear out o

f the G

eneral R

even

ue-D

edicated

Desig

nated

Trau

ma

Facility

and E

MS

Acco

unt N

o. 5

111 is allo

cated fo

r the p

urp

ose o

f DS

HS

enterin

g in

to an

interag

ency co

ntract w

ith th

e Health

and H

um

an S

ervices C

om

missio

n (H

HS

C) to

pro

vid

e

for elig

ible ex

pen

ses in th

e Med

icaid p

rogram

.

b. O

ut o

f funds ap

pro

priated

to H

HS

C, th

e com

missio

n sh

all expen

d $

2,0

00,0

00

in G

eneral

Rev

enue F

unds, $

10,0

00,0

00 in

interag

ency co

ntracts, an

d $

28,0

43,9

36 in

All F

unds in

fiscal

year 2

016 an

d $

3,0

00,0

00 in

Gen

eral Rev

enue F

unds, $

10,0

00,0

00 in

interag

ency co

ntracts,

and $

30,0

30,0

30 in

All F

unds in

fiscal year 2

017 to

pro

vid

e an ad

d-o

n p

aym

ent fo

r rural

hosp

itals. Rural h

osp

itals are defin

ed as h

osp

itals located

in a co

unty

with

60,0

00 o

r fewer

perso

ns acco

rdin

g to

the 2

010 U

.S. C

ensu

s, and M

edicare-d

esignated

Rural R

eferral Cen

ters

(RR

C), S

ole C

om

munity

Hosp

itals (SC

H), an

d C

ritical Access H

osp

itals (CA

H).

c. Increases m

ay in

clude a co

mbin

ation o

f increases in

or ad

d-o

ns to

any o

r all of th

e

follo

win

g: g

eneral o

utp

atient reim

bursem

ent rates; o

utp

atient em

ergen

cy d

epartm

ent serv

ices

that d

o n

ot q

ualify

as emerg

ency v

isits; the o

utp

atient h

osp

ital imag

ing serv

ices fee sched

ule;

and th

e outp

atient clin

ical laborato

ry serv

ices fee sched

ule. T

he to

tal amount o

f increases o

r

add-o

ns m

ay n

ot ex

ceed th

e amounts id

entified

in sectio

n (b

). No reim

bursem

ent rate m

ay

exceed

100%

of co

st. Ou

tpatien

t emerg

ency d

epartm

ent serv

ices that d

o n

ot q

ualify

as

emerg

ency v

isits may

no

t exceed

65%

of co

st.

of 44

By:

Sp

ecial P

rov

ision

s of A

rticle II

New

Rid

er

Con

tingen

cy fo

r HB

7 a

nd

Safety

-Net H

osp

itals

Prep

ared b

y L

egislativ

e Bud

get B

oard

Staff, 5

/20/2

015

Overv

iew

Add a n

ew rid

er to th

e Special P

rovisio

ns o

f Article II m

akin

g th

e additio

nal fu

nds ap

pro

priated

for safety

-net h

osp

itals contin

gen

t upon th

e enactm

ent o

f HB

7.

Req

uired

Actio

n

On p

age II-9

7 o

f the H

ealth an

d H

um

an S

ervices C

om

missio

n b

ill pattern

, add th

e follo

win

g n

ew

rider:

__. C

on

tingen

cy fo

r HB

7 a

nd

Safety

-Net H

osp

itals.

a. C

on

tingen

t on en

actmen

t of H

ouse B

ill 7, o

r similar leg

islation b

y th

e Eig

hty

-fou

rth

Leg

islature, R

egular S

ession, tran

sferring b

alances fro

m th

e Gen

eral Rev

enue-D

edicated

Reg

ional T

raum

a Acco

unt N

o. 5

137 to

the G

eneral R

even

ue-D

edicated

Desig

nated

Trau

ma F

acility an

d E

MS

Acco

unt N

o. 5

111

, $64

,347,0

00

in fiscal y

ear 20

16

and

$64,3

46,9

99 in

fiscal year 2

01

7 is ap

pro

priated

ou

t of th

e Gen

eral Rev

enu

e-D

edicated

Desig

nated

Trau

ma F

acility an

d E

MS

Acco

unt N

o. 5

111 to

the D

epartm

ent o

f State

Health

Serv

ices, Strateg

y B

.3.1

, EM

S &

Trau

ma C

are System

s for th

e purp

ose o

f

enterin

g in

to an

interag

ency

contract w

ith th

e Health

and H

um

an S

ervices C

om

missio

n

(HH

SC

) to p

rovid

e for elig

ible ex

pen

ses in th

e Med

icaid p

rogram

.

b.

HH

SC

shall ex

pen

d $

64,3

47,0

00

in in

teragen

cy co

ntracts, $

150,3

78,5

93 in

All F

und

s in

fiscal year 2

016 an

d $

64

,346,9

99 in

interag

ency co

ntracts, $

148,6

41,7

16 in

All F

unds in

fiscal year 2

017 to

pro

vid

e in

creases in M

edicaid

inpatien

t pro

vid

er rates. The H

ealth an

d

Hum

an S

ervices C

om

missio

n sh

all dev

elop a m

ethodolo

gy to

implem

ent su

ch in

creases

to targ

et the state's safety

-net h

osp

itals, inclu

din

g th

ose h

osp

itals that treat h

igh

percen

tages o

f Med

icaid an

d lo

w in

com

e unin

sured

patien

ts. Total reim

bursem

ent fo

r

each h

osp

ital shall n

ot ex

ceed its h

osp

ital specific lim

it. How

ever, H

HS

C sh

all expen

d

ten p

ercent o

f these fu

nd

s to p

rovid

e additio

nal in

creases to safety

-net h

osp

itals above

which

exceed

existin

g q

uality

metrics, w

hich

may resu

lt in ex

ceedin

g th

e hosp

ital

specific lim

it. To th

e exten

t possib

le, HH

SC

shall en

sure, th

at any fu

nds in

cluded

in

Med

icaid m

anag

ed care cap

itation rates are d

istributed

by th

e man

aged

care

org

anizatio

ns to

the h

osp

itals. The ex

pen

ditu

re of fu

nds id

entified

in th

is rider th

at are not

used

for targ

eted in

creases to M

edicaid

inpatien

t pro

vid

er rates shall req

uire p

rior w

ritten

appro

val b

y th

e Leg

islative B

ud

get B

oard

.

of 44

By:

Article

II Sp

ecia

l Pro

visio

ns

Am

end

ed R

ider

Early

Electiv

e Deliv

eries

Prep

ared b

y L

BB

Staff, 5

/11/2

015

Overv

iew

Rid

er amen

ded

to rem

ove req

uirem

ent th

at data related

to early

elective d

eliveries b

e posted

to

the D

SH

S w

ebsite.

Req

uired

Actio

ns:

On p

age II-1

20 o

f the C

om

mittee S

ubstitu

te for H

ouse B

ill 1, A

rticle II Sp

ecial Pro

visio

ns b

ill

pattern

, amen

d th

e follo

win

g rid

er:

S

ec. 45. E

arly

Electiv

e Deliv

eries. Ou

t of fu

nds ap

pro

priated

elsewhere in

this A

ct, the H

ealth an

d

Hum

an S

ervices C

om

missio

n, an

d th

e Dep

artmen

t of S

tate Health

Serv

ices shall tak

e steps to

impro

ve

data an

d o

versig

ht to

redu

ce the rate o

f early electiv

e deliv

eries in T

exas, in

cludin

g:

a.

Th

e Dep

artmen

t of S

tate Health

Serv

ices shall m

odify

the m

ethodolo

gy th

ey u

se to estim

ate

the rate o

f early electiv

e deliv

eries in T

exas to

inclu

de th

e use o

f adm

inistrativ

e claims d

ata for

all pay

er typ

es contain

ed in

the T

exas H

ealth C

are Info

rmatio

n C

ollectio

n d

ata com

bin

ed w

ith

birth

certificate data.

b.

Th

e Dep

artmen

t of S

tate Health

Serv

ices shall an

nually

report o

n th

eir web

site state estimated

sum

mary

data o

n th

e rate of electiv

e early d

eliveries b

y p

ayer ty

pe an

d h

ealth serv

ice regio

n,

and

by facility

to th

e exten

t allow

ed b

y state an

d fed

eral law.

c.b

. T

he T

exas H

ealth an

d H

um

an S

ervices C

om

missio

n sh

all regularly

audit claim

s subm

itted in

the T

exas M

edicaid

fee-fo

r-service an

d m

anag

ed care p

rogram

s for o

bstetric d

elivery

pro

cedu

res that in

clude a m

od

ifier indicatin

g th

at the d

elivery

was m

edically

necessary

and

prio

r to 3

9 w

eeks o

f gestatio

n.

d.c.

Th

e Tex

as Health

and

Hu

man

Serv

ices Com

missio

n an

d th

e Dep

artmen

t of S

tate Health

Serv

ices shall ev

aluate th

e effectiven

ess of strateg

ies to red

uce early

elective d

eliveries u

sing

imp

roved

data an

d au

dit resu

lts and su

bm

it a report to

the L

egislativ

e Budget B

oard

and th

e

Go

vern

or b

y D

ecemb

er 1, 2

01

6.

of 44

Av

aila

ble U

niv

ersity

Fu

nd

Pro

po

sed R

ider

Ap

pro

pria

tion

s Lim

itatio

n fo

r Sy

stem In

itiativ

es

Prep

ared b

y L

BB

Staff, M

ay 1

9, 2

01

5

Overv

iew

Th

e follo

win

g rid

er wo

uld

require th

e Tex

as A&

M U

niv

ersity an

d U

niv

ersity o

f Tex

as

System

s to n

otify

the L

egislativ

e Bu

dg

et Bo

ard o

f any u

se of A

vailab

le Un

iversity

Fu

nds

for sy

stem in

itiatives at least 3

0 d

ays p

rior to

the B

oard

of R

egen

ts takin

g actio

n o

n th

e

system

initiativ

es. For in

itiatives o

ver $

5 m

illion

, the req

uest is co

nsid

ered ap

pro

ved

un

less disap

pro

ved

by th

e Leg

islative B

ud

get B

oard

.

Req

uired

Actio

n

Am

end

the fo

llow

ing rid

er in th

e Av

ailable U

niv

ersity F

un

d b

ill pattern

.

8. A

pp

rop

riatio

n L

imita

tion

for S

yste

m In

itiativ

es.

a. N

otw

ithstan

din

g R

ider 2

and

Rid

er 3, n

o fu

nd

s app

rop

riated ab

ov

e shall b

e used

for

system

initiativ

es at the T

exas A

&M

Un

iversity

System

or T

he U

niv

ersity o

f Tex

as

System

with

out p

rior w

ritten n

otificatio

n to

app

rov

al from

the L

egislativ

e Bu

dg

et

Bo

ard at least 3

0 d

ays p

rior to

the B

oard

of R

egen

ts takin

g actio

n o

n sy

stem

initiativ

es. For sy

stem in

itiatives h

avin

g a co

st in ex

cess of $

5 m

illion

, the req

uest

shall b

e con

sidered

app

roved

unless d

isappro

ved

by th

e Leg

islative B

udget B

oard

. A

requ

est The n

otificatio

n b

y th

e Tex

as A&

M U

niv

ersity S

ystem

or U

niv

ersity o

f Tex

as

System

to ex

pen

d th

e appro

priatio

ns fo

r system

initiativ

es mu

st inclu

de at a

min

imu

m: (1

) a detailed

descrip

tion

of each

requ

ested sy

stem in

itiative activ

ity

fun

ded

by th

e Availab

le Univ

ersity F

un

d; (2

) the am

ou

nt o

f Av

ailable U

niv

ersity

Fu

nd

appro

priatio

ns fo

r each activ

ity each

fiscal year, in

clud

ing

ob

ject of ex

pen

se

detail; an

d (3

) the n

um

ber o

f full-tim

e equ

ivalen

t po

sition

s sup

po

rted b

y th

e requ

ested

Av

ailable U

niv

ersity F

un

d am

ou

nts fo

r each activ

ity.

b.

Th

e Tex

as A&

M U

niv

ersity S

ystem

and

Th

e Un

iversity

of T

exas S

ystem

may u

se

fun

ds ap

pro

priated

abo

ve w

itho

ut p

rior ap

pro

val fo

r the fo

llow

ing

pu

rpo

ses with

out

no

tifyin

g th

e Leg

islative B

udget B

oard

:

1) T

he p

aym

ent o

f prin

cipal an

d in

terest on

bo

nd

s or n

otes issu

ed b

y th

e Bo

ard o

f

Reg

ents at eith

er system

; and

2)

Su

pport an

d m

ainten

ance fu

nd

ing

allocated

directly

to T

he U

niv

ersity o

f Tex

as at

Au

stin, T

exas A

&M

Un

iversity

, inclu

din

g T

exas A

&M

Un

iversity

Health

Scien

ce

Cen

ter, and P

rairie View

A&

M U

niv

ersity.

of 44

By _

__

__

__

__

__

__

__

__

__

__

__

__

____

Hig

her E

du

catio

n E

mp

loy

ees Gro

up

Insu

ran

ce

Pro

po

sed R

ider

Ben

efits Prop

ortio

na

lity A

ud

it Req

uir

em

ent

Prep

ared b

y L

BB

Staff, M

ay 2

1, 2

01

5

Overv

iew

Th

e rider w

ould

require in

stitutio

ns o

f hig

her ed

ucatio

n to

com

plete a th

ree-year au

dit o

f

ben

efits pro

portio

nal b

y fu

nd

usin

g a m

etho

do

log

y ap

pro

ved

by th

e State A

ud

itor’s

Office. T

he rid

er wo

uld

require in

stitutio

ns to

reimb

urse th

e Gen

eral Rev

enu

e fun

d fo

r

any ex

cess Gen

eral Rev

enue receiv

ed

as a result o

f no

nco

mp

liance w

ith b

enefits

pro

po

rtion

ality req

uirem

ents.

Req

uired

Actio

n

On

pag

e III-38 in

the b

ill pattern

for H

igh

er Ed

ucatio

n E

mp

loyees G

rou

p In

suran

ce,

amen

d th

e follo

win

g rid

er:

8. B

en

efits Prop

ortio

nality

Au

dit R

equ

irem

ent.

a. E

ach in

stitutio

n o

f hig

her ed

ucatio

n, ex

clud

ing

Pu

blic C

om

mu

nity

/Jun

ior

Colleg

es, shall co

nduct an

intern

al aud

it of b

enefits p

rop

ortio

nal b

y fu

nd

and

sub

mit a co

py o

f the in

ternal au

dit to

the L

egislativ

e Bu

dget B

oard

,

Co

mptro

ller of P

ublic A

ccou

nts, an

d S

tate Au

dito

r’s Office n

o later th

an

Au

gu

st 31

, 2016. T

he au

dit m

ust ex

amin

e, at a min

imu

m, fiscal y

ears 20

09

,

2010, 2

01

1, 2

012, an

d 2

01

3, an

d 2

01

4 an

d m

ust b

e con

du

cted u

sing

a

meth

odolo

gy ap

pro

ved

by th

e State A

ud

itor’s O

ffice.

b.

If the in

ternal au

dit co

ndu

cted b

y an

institu

tion

iden

tifies any in

stances in

wh

ich an

institu

tion

has n

ot b

een co

mp

liant w

ith th

e pro

po

rtion

ality

requirem

ents p

rovid

ed b

y A

rticle IX, S

ec. 6.0

8, B

enefits P

aid P

rop

ortio

nal b

y

Fund in

the p

rior th

ree five fiscal y

ears defin

ed in

sub

section

(a) and

received

excess G

eneral R

even

ue as a resu

lt of th

is no

nco

mp

liance, th

e institu

tion

shall

sub

mit a reim

bursem

ent p

aym

ent to

the C

om

ptro

ller of P

ub

lic Acco

un

ts with

in

two fiv

e years fro

m th

e con

clusio

n o

f the in

stitutio

n’s au

dit. T

he C

om

ptro

ller

of P

ublic A

ccou

nts sh

all no

tify th

e Leg

islative B

ud

get B

oard

and

State

Au

dito

r’s Office o

f all reimb

ursem

ent p

aym

ents su

bm

itted b

y an

institu

tion

of

hig

her ed

ucatio

n. It is th

e inten

t of th

e Leg

islature th

at the C

om

ptro

ller of

Public A

ccounts d

etermin

es a meth

od

olo

gy to

inco

rpo

rate interest p

aym

ents

into

the reim

bursem

ent am

ount su

bm

itted b

y each

applicab

le institu

tion. T

his

meth

odolo

gy is su

bject to

app

rov

al by th

e Leg

islative B

ud

get B

oard

.

c. If an

institu

tion h

as prev

iou

sly co

nd

ucted

an in

ternal au

dit o

f ben

efits

pro

portio

nal b

y fu

nd fo

r the fiscal y

ears inclu

ded

in su

bsectio

n (a) u

sing

a

meth

odolo

gy d

etermin

ed to

be acce

ptab

le by th

e State A

ud

itor’s O

ffice, the

State A

udito

r’s Office m

ay w

aive th

e requ

iremen

t that th

e institu

tion

con

duct

an ad

ditio

nal in

ternal au

dit. T

he S

tate Au

dito

r’s Office w

ill notify

the

Leg

islative B

ud

get B

oard

and

Co

mp

troller o

f Pu

blic A

ccou

nts o

f any

institu

tion

s who receiv

e such

a waiv

er. An

y in

stitutio

n th

at receives a w

aiver

from

the au

dit req

uirem

ent fro

m th

e State A

ud

itor’s O

ffice is still sub

ject to th

e

pro

visio

ns o

f subsectio

n (b

) for an

y in

stances o

f no

nco

mp

liance th

at were

iden

tified.

of 44

d.

For fiscal y

ears 201

6 an

d 2

01

7, in

stitutio

ns o

f hig

her ed

ucatio

n sh

all also

con

sider au

dits o

f ben

efits pro

po

rtional w

hen

dev

elop

ing

their an

nu

al intern

al

aud

it plan

s.

e. It is th

e inten

t of th

e Leg

islature th

at the S

tate Au

dito

r’s Office au

dit at least

two in

stitutio

ns o

f hig

her ed

ucatio

n fo

r com

plian

ce with

ben

efits pro

portio

nal

pro

visio

ns d

urin

g th

e 2016

-17

bien

niu

m.

of 44

By:

Un

iversity

of N

orth

Tex

as H

ealth

Scien

ce Cen

ter

Pro

posed

Fu

nd

ing

Institu

te for P

atien

t Safety

an

d P

rev

enta

ble H

arm

Prep

ared b

y L

BB

Staff, 5

/21/1

5

Overv

iew

The fo

llow

ing actio

n ap

pro

priates an

additio

nal $

4,0

00,0

00 in

Gen

eral Rev

enue fo

r the 2

016

-17

bien

niu

m to

the U

niv

ersity o

f No

rth T

exas H

ealth S

cience C

enter fo

r the In

stitute fo

r Patien

t

Safety

and P

reven

table H

arm.

Req

uired

Actio

n

On p

age III-1

79 o

f the U

niv

ersity o

f North

Tex

as Health

Scien

ce Cen

ter’s bill p

attern, ad

d th

e

follo

win

g n

ew G

eneral R

even

ue sp

ecial item strateg

y:

2

016

2017

Strateg

y D

.X.X

, Institu

te for P

atient S

afety an

d P

reven

table H

arm

$2,0

00,0

00

$2,0

00,0

00

of 44

By:

Sp

ecial P

rov

ision

s Rela

ting

On

ly to

Sta

te Ag

encies o

f Hig

her

Ed

uca

tion

P

rop

osed

Rid

er

Resea

rch

Fu

nd

ing R

eportin

g R

equ

irem

ent

Prep

ared b

y L

BB

Staff, 0

5/1

9/2

015

Overv

iew

The fo

llow

ing actio

n w

ould

require g

eneral acad

emic in

stitutio

ns an

d h

ealth related

institu

tions

to rep

ort to

the L

egislativ

e Bud

get B

oard

and G

ov

ernor research

fundin

g aw

arded

to th

e

institu

tion fro

m C

ore R

esearch S

upport, th

e Tex

as Research

Univ

ersity F

un

d, th

e

Com

preh

ensiv

e Research

Fund

, the A

vailab

le Natio

nal R

esearch U

niv

ersity F

und, th

e Tex

as

Research

Incen

tive P

rogram

, the G

overn

or’s U

niv

ersity R

esearch In

itiative, an

d th

e Can

cer

Prev

entio

n an

d R

esearch In

stitute o

f Tex

as. In ad

ditio

n, in

stitutio

ns m

ust rep

ort o

n m

atchin

g

funds p

rovid

ed to

the in

stitutio

n as a resu

lt of th

e receipt o

f the fu

ndin

g p

rovid

ed th

rough th

ese

pro

gram

s, if any.

Req

uired

Actio

n

1.

On p

age III-2

48 o

f the C

onferen

ce Com

mittee R

eport o

n H

ouse B

ill 1, w

ithin

Special

Pro

visio

ns R

elating O

nly

to S

tate Agen

cies of H

igher E

ducatio

n, ad

d th

e follo

win

g rid

er:

Each

gen

eral academ

ic institu

tion an

d h

ealth related

institu

tion

shall rep

ort, b

y D

ecemb

er 1 o

f

each y

ear of th

e bien

niu

m, to

the L

egislativ

e Bud

get B

oard

and G

ov

ernor, th

e follo

win

g

info

rmatio

n:

(a) T

he am

ount o

f research fu

nds aw

arded

to th

e institu

tion in

the p

rior fiscal y

ear, from

app

ropriatio

ns m

ade elsew

here in

this A

ct, from

the fo

llow

ing, listed

indiv

idually

by

source o

f fundin

g:

1.

Core R

esearch S

upport;

2.

Tex

as Research

Univ

ersity F

und;

3.

Com

preh

ensiv

e Research

Fund;

4.

Availab

le Natio

nal R

esearch U

niv

ersity F

und;

5.

Tex

as Research

Incen

tive P

rogram

;

6.

Govern

or’s U

niv

ersity R

esearch In

itiative; an

d th

e

7.

Can

cer Prev

entio

n an

d R

esearch In

stitute o

f Tex

as.

(b)

For each

indiv

idual aw

ard g

ranted

to an

institu

tion u

nder p

rogram

s listed in

Subsectio

n

(a), the am

ount o

f fundin

g, if an

y, p

rovid

ed to

an in

stitutio

n fro

m an

extern

al source as a

match

ing aw

ard am

ount.

of 44

By:

Tex

as D

epa

rtmen

t of C

rimin

al J

ustice

P

rop

osed

Fu

nd

ing

Sala

ry In

creases fo

r Board

of P

ard

on

an

d P

aro

les’

Hea

ring a

nd

Institu

tion

al P

aro

le Officers

Prep

ared b

y L

BB

Staff, 5

/21/1

5

Overv

iew

This actio

n rev

ises the ad

optio

n b

y th

e Conferen

ce Com

mittee o

n M

ay 2

0, 2

015 fo

r Bo

ard o

f

Pard

on an

d P

aroles’ h

earing an

d in

stitutio

nal p

arole o

fficers of a 2

.5%

salary in

crease in F

Y16

and an

additio

nal 2

.5%

salary in

crease in F

Y17

. The actio

n w

ould

replace th

at increase w

ith an

8%

increase in

FY

16 an

d m

aintain

that salary

level in

FY

17 w

hich

would

result in

a new

cost

total o

f $2,2

49,8

68 fo

r the 2

016

-17 b

ienniu

m.

Req

uired

Actio

n

Rev

ise the ad

optio

n b

y th

e Conferen

ce Com

mittee o

n M

ay 2

0, 2

015, in

the T

exas D

epartm

ent o

f

Crim

inal Ju

stice bill p

attern in

the C

onferen

ce Com

mittee’s v

ersion o

f the ap

pro

priatio

ns b

ill,

such

that a to

tal of $

1,1

24,9

34 in

Gen

eral Rev

enu

e in F

Y2016 an

d to

tal of $

1,1

24,9

34 in

Gen

eral

Rev

enue in

FY

2017 is ap

pro

priated

into

the ap

plicab

le fundin

g strateg

ies to p

rovid

e an 8

%

increase in

FY

2016 an

d m

aintain

that salary

level in

FY

2017 fo

r the B

oard

of P

ardons an

d

Paro

les (BP

P) h

earing an

d in

stitutio

nal p

arole o

fficers.

of 44

By:

Tex

as M

ilitary

Dep

artm

ent, A

rt. V

Pro

posed

Mo

tion

Ad

ditio

nal T

rain

ing F

un

din

g fo

r the T

exas M

ilitary

Dep

artm

ent

Co

nferen

ce Co

mm

ittee

Prep

ared b

y L

BB

Staff, 5

/21/1

5

Overv

iew

Add $

2.2

millio

n in

Gen

eral Rev

enu

e Funds fo

r the T

exas M

ilitary D

epartm

ent to

pro

vid

e

additio

nal an

nual train

ing d

ays fo

r the T

exas S

tate Guard

.

Req

uired

Actio

n

1) O

n th

e appro

priate p

age o

f the T

exas M

ilitary D

epartm

ent’s b

ill pattern

in th

e Conferen

ce

Com

mittee R

eport fo

r House B

ill 1, ap

pro

priate an

additio

nal $

1,1

00,0

00 in

Gen

eral Rev

enue

Funds in

fiscal year 2

016

and $

1,1

00,0

00 in

Gen

eral Rev

enue F

unds in

fiscal year 2

017 in

Strateg

y A

.1.2

, State T

rainin

g M

ission

s.

of 44

By:

Dep

artm

ent o

f Pu

blic S

afe

ty, A

rticle IX

P

rop

osed

Rid

er B

ord

er Secu

rity In

itiative

Co

nferen

ce Co

mm

ittee

Prep

ared b

y L

BB

Staff o

n 5

/22

/20

15

O

verv

iew

This rid

er would

pro

vid

e an in

form

ational b

reakout o

f the elem

ents co

mposin

g th

e Bord

er Secu

rity

Initiativ

e.

Req

uir

ed A

ction

s

1.

In th

e app

ropriate sectio

n o

f Article IX

in th

e Conferen

ce Com

mittee R

eport fo

r House B

ill 1,

add th

e follo

win

g rid

er:

Sec. _

____. B

ord

er Secu

rity - In

form

atio

nal L

isting. In

cluded

elsewhere in

this A

ct is $8

00.0

millio

n

in b

ord

er security

fun

din

g fo

r the 2

01

6-1

7 b

ienniu

m. T

he fo

llow

ing is an

info

rmatio

nal list o

f the

amounts ap

pro

priated

elsewh

ere in th

is Act fo

r bord

er security

to th

e Dep

artmen

t of P

ublic S

afety,

Tru

steed P

rogram

s With

in th

e Office o

f the G

overn

or, th

e Park

s and W

ildlife D

epartm

ent, th

e Alco

holic

Bev

erage C

om

missio

n, th

e Dep

artmen

t of C

rimin

al Justice, an

d th

e Com

missio

n o

n L

aw E

nfo

rcemen

t.

Agen

cy / Item

2016

-17 B

ienn

ial

Total (in

millio

ns)

Cro

ss-agen

cy (D

PS

an

d T

MD

)

F

lexib

le Fu

ndin

g to

En

sure a C

on

tinued

Presen

ce on th

e Bord

er. Fundin

g to

DP

S p

rovid

es perso

nn

el, trainin

g, eq

uip

men

t and o

ther su

pport co

sts for D

PS

troopers an

d tran

sition

al dep

loym

ent co

sts for th

e Natio

nal G

uard

.

$7

2.0

Dep

artm

ent o

f Pu

blic S

afety

B

aseline B

ord

er Secu

rity (A

dju

sted)

$3

05

.1

50-h

our w

ork

week

for al D

PS

troo

pers statew

ide

14

2.6

R

ecruit train

and

equ

ip 2

50 n

ew tro

opers an

d 1

10 asso

ciated su

pport su

pport

staff

10

7.0

O

peratio

n S

tron

g S

afety II su

stained

in 2

016

-17

83

.4

T

ransitio

n to

NIB

RS

Crim

e R

epo

rting S

ystem

$

17

.3

N

ew T

exas R

angers C

om

pan

y, an

d S

upport

$8

.8

A

cquisitio

n o

f and

Su

pp

ort fo

r Pilatu

s Aircraft

$7

.5

T

exas T

ransn

ational In

telligen

ce Cen

ter $

2.4

M

ultiu

se Train

ing F

acility

$2

.0

R

egio

nal C

enter fo

r Pu

blic S

afety E

xcellen

ce $

1.6

Tru

steed P

rogra

ms w

ithin

in th

e Office o

f the G

overn

or –

Gra

nts to

Loca

l

Law

En

forcem

ent A

gen

cies

B

ord

er Secu

rity E

nfo

rcemen

t Activ

ities $1

0.2

A

nti-g

ang A

ctivities

$1

0.2

P

rosecu

tion

Reso

urces

$9

.0

S

ustain

Year-ro

un

d F

ligh

t Cap

acity fo

r Helico

pters

$6

.0

In

stallation

and

Main

tenan

ce of B

ord

er Cam

eras $

3.0

Tex

as P

ark

s an

d W

ildlife D

epa

rtmen

t

B

aseline G

ame W

arden

Activ

ity o

n th

e Bord

er $

4.7

N

ew G

ame W

arden

Dep

loym

ent

$5

.3

Tex

as A

lcoh

olic B

evera

ge C

om

missio

n –

Special In

vestig

ation A

gen

ts $

1.2

Tex

as D

epartm

ent o

f Crim

inal J

ustice

– A

nti-g

ang In

telligen

ce $

0.5

Tex

as C

om

missio

n o

n L

aw

En

forcem

ent –

Bord

er Investig

ators

$0

.2

GR

AN

D T

OT

AL

, AL

L A

GE

NC

IES

$

80

0.0

Am

ounts m

ay n

ot ad

d to

total d

ue to

rou

ndin

g.

of 44

By:

Dep

artm

ent o

f Pu

blic S

afe

ty, A

rticle V

P

rop

osed

Rid

er B

ord

er Secu

rity In

itiative

Co

nferen

ce Co

mm

ittee

Prep

ared b

y L

BB

Staff o

n 5

/22

/20

15

O

verv

iew

This rid

er would

pro

vid

e an in

form

ational b

reakout o

f the elem

ents co

mposin

g th

e Bord

er Secu

rity

Initiativ

e.

Req

uir

ed A

ction

s

1.

On th

e app

rop

riate pag

e of th

e Dep

artmen

t of P

ublic S

afety’s b

ill pattern

in th

e Conferen

ce

Com

mittee R

eport fo

r House B

ill 1, ad

d th

e follo

win

g rid

er:

_ . B

ord

er Secu

rity In

itiativ

e. Th

e funds ap

pro

priated

above in

Goal B

, Secu

re Bord

er Reg

ion

,

sh

all be u

sed to

increase b

ord

er security

accord

ing to

the activ

ities inclu

ded

in th

e defin

ition o

f

bord

er security

specified

in A

rticle IX, S

ection 7

.11 o

f this A

ct. The fo

llow

ing item

s are related

to

the T

exas B

ord

er Secu

rity In

itiative are fu

nded

in G

oal B

, Secu

re Bord

er Reg

ion

:

a) A

cqu

ire a fully

equ

ipp

ed P

ilatus aircraft;

b)

Pro

vid

e a $1

25

per w

eek stip

end fo

r the ag

ency

’s com

missio

ned

officers p

articipatin

g in

Op

eration S

tron

g S

afety;

c) S

ustain

Op

eration

Stro

ng S

afety th

rough th

e 2016

-17

bien

niu

m;

d)

Recru

it, train an

d eq

uip

250

new

pro

batio

nary

troopers an

d 8

0 tran

sfer troopers;

e) P

rovid

e overtim

e pay

sufficien

t to in

crease the w

ork

week

for all o

f the ag

ency

’s troopers to

an av

erage o

f 50

ho

urs p

er week

;

f) E

stablish

a new

Tex

as Ran

gers C

om

pan

y w

ith a fo

cus o

n th

e bord

er regio

n;

g)

Op

erate the T

exas T

ransn

ation

al Intellig

ence C

enter ;

h)

Dev

elop

a mu

ltiuse train

ing facility

on d

onated

land;

i) S

up

po

rt the R

egio

nal C

enter fo

r Public S

afety E

xcellen

ce at South

Tex

as Colleg

e;

j) A

llocate g

rants to

law en

forcem

ent ag

encies to

facilitate their tran

sition to

a Natio

nal In

ciden

t

Based

Rep

ortin

g S

ystem

;

k)

Reim

bu

rse operatio

nal co

sts, per d

iem, an

d trav

el expen

ses for T

exas M

ilitary F

orces

sup

po

rting O

peratio

n B

ord

er Star;

l) A

dm

inister th

e Bo

rder O

peratio

ns C

enter an

d th

e Join

t Operatio

ns an

d In

telligen

ce

Cen

ters; and

m)

Co

nd

uct ro

utin

e and ex

traord

inary

law en

forcem

ent o

peratio

ns cen

tering o

n in

creasing b

ord

er

security

accord

ing to

the d

efinitio

n o

f bord

er security

specified

in A

rticle IX, S

ection 7

.11

of

this A

ct.

Out o

f funds ap

pro

priated

abo

ve, o

n o

r befo

re Decem

ber 1

5th

of each

year, th

e Dep

artmen

t of P

ublic

Safety

shall su

bm

it a repo

rt to th

e Leg

islative B

udget B

oard

and th

e Govern

or's O

ffice on th

e expen

ditu

re

of th

e funds fo

r bo

rder secu

rity p

urp

oses, in

cludin

g b

ut n

ot lim

ited to

the fu

ndin

g item

s noted

above, in

the p

revio

us fiscal y

ear in a fo

rmat d

etermin

ed b

y th

e Leg

islative B

udget B

oard

.

of 44

By:

Dep

artm

ent o

f Pu

blic S

afe

ty, A

rticle V

P

rop

osed

Rid

er B

ord

er Secu

rity C

ost C

ontain

men

t

Conferen

ce Com

mittee

Prep

ared b

y L

BB

Staff o

n 5

/21/2

015

Overv

iew

This rid

er wo

uld

require th

e Dep

artmen

t of P

ublic S

afety to

subm

it a report each

fiscal year o

f the

state fiscal bien

niu

m b

egin

nin

g S

eptem

ber 1

, 2015, d

etailing th

e effectiven

ess of v

arious co

st

contain

men

t measu

res the d

epartm

ent h

as implem

ented

, and p

roposin

g ad

ditio

nal m

easures to

redu

ce

the d

epartm

ent's o

peratin

g co

sts with

respect to

the d

epartm

ent's b

ord

er security

operatio

ns.

Req

uir

ed A

ction

s

1.

On

the ap

pro

priate p

age o

f the D

epartm

ent o

f Public S

afety’s b

ill pattern

in th

e Conferen

ce

Co

mm

ittee Rep

ort fo

r House B

ill 1, ad

d th

e follo

win

g rid

er:

. Bord

er Secu

rity C

ost C

on

tain

men

t Effo

rts. The D

epartm

ent o

f Public S

afety sh

all subm

it a

report each

fiscal year o

f the state fiscal b

ienniu

m b

egin

nin

g S

eptem

ber 1

, 2015, d

etailing th

e

effectiven

ess of v

ariou

s cost co

ntain

men

t measu

res the d

epartm

ent h

as implem

ented

, and

pro

po

sing ad

ditio

nal m

easures to

reduce th

e dep

artmen

t's operatin

g co

sts with

respect to

the

dep

artmen

t's bo

rder secu

rity o

peratio

ns. N

ot later th

an th

e 45th

day

after the last d

ay o

f the fiscal

year, th

e dep

artmen

t shall su

bm

it the rep

ort to

the leg

islative an

d ex

ecutiv

e budget o

ffices, in th

e

form

tho

se offices req

uire. C

ost co

ntain

men

t measu

res the d

epartm

ent m

ust co

nsid

er inclu

de:

1) elim

inatin

g d

up

licate fun

ctions w

ithin

the d

epartm

ent;

2) h

avin

g th

e dep

artmen

t perfo

rm fu

nctio

ns th

at are bein

g p

erform

ed b

y a p

rivate co

ntracto

r; and

3) u

sing tech

no

logy to

simp

lify d

epartm

ent fu

nctio

ns.

of 44

By:

Dep

artm

ent o

f Pu

blic S

afe

ty, A

rticle V

P

rop

osed

Rid

er P

ertainin

g to

Addin

g 2

50

Tro

op

ers by th

e En

d o

f Fiscal Y

ear 20

17

Co

nferen

ce Co

mm

ittee

Prep

ared b

y L

BB

Staff o

n 5

/22/2

01

5

Overv

iew

This rid

er would

specify

the in

tent an

d u

sages fo

r the $

107.0

millio

n in

Gen

eral Rev

enue p

rovid

ed to

the

Dep

artmen

t of P

ublic S

afety to

hire an

d eq

uip

250

new

troopers an

d asso

ciated su

pport p

ersonnel.

Req

uir

ed A

ction

s

1.

On th

e app

rop

riate pag

e of th

e Dep

artmen

t of P

ublic S

afety’s b

ill pattern

in th

e Conferen

ce

Com

mittee R

eport fo

r House B

ill 1, ad

d th

e follo

win

g rid

er:

__

__

_. R

equ

iremen

ts Rela

ting to

Ap

pro

pria

tion

s for N

ew T

roop

ers.

A.

Inclu

ded

in th

e Gen

eral Rev

enue ap

pro

priatio

ns m

ade ab

ove in

Strateg

y B

.1.5

,

Recru

itmen

t, Reten

tion an

d S

upport, is $

43,7

48,0

45 in

fiscal year 2

016 an

d

$6

3,2

93

120

in fiscal y

ear 2017 to

fund th

e recruitm

ent, train

ing an

d su

pport o

f 250

new

troo

pers b

y th

e end o

f fiscal year 2

017

. These ap

pro

priatio

ns are su

bject to

the

follo

win

g p

rovisio

ns:

(1)

Th

e nu

mb

er of n

ew tro

opers referen

ced ab

ove in

(A) is red

uced

by th

e num

ber o

f

troo

pers g

radu

ated fro

m eig

ht-w

eek recru

it schools fro

m A

pril 1

, 2015 to

Au

gu

st

31

, 20

15

.

(2)

Th

e total n

um

ber o

f new

troopers n

oted

above in

(1) sh

all be in

additio

n to

the

nu

mb

er of tro

opers o

n th

e agen

cy’s p

ayro

ll as of A

ugust 3

1, 2

015.

(3)

Th

e appro

priatio

ns id

entified

in th

is rider are in

additio

n to

, and sep

arate from

,

the ap

pro

priatio

ns m

ade ab

ove in

Strateg

y F

.1.6

, Train

ing A

cadem

y an

d

Dev

elop

men

t, to fu

nd six

recruit sch

ools.

(4)

Th

e new

troo

pers sh

all be statio

ned

in th

e bord

er regio

n as d

efined

in A

rticle IX,

Sectio

n 7

.11

(b) (1

), (2), an

d (3

) of th

is Act, an

d are in

tended

to reliev

e Natio

nal

Gu

ard p

erson

nel p

articipatin

g in

Operatio

n S

trong S

afety.

(5)

Th

e agen

cy sh

all subm

it a report to

the L

egislativ

e Budget B

oard

by n

o later th

an

Decem

ber 1

, 20

15 d

etailing th

e agen

cy’s p

lan to

recruit, train

and su

pport 2

50

new

troo

pers b

y th

e end o

f fiscal year 2

017. T

his rep

ort sh

all inclu

de a sectio

n o

n

the ag

ency

’s total tro

oper recru

itmen

t plan

for th

e 2016

-17 b

ienniu

m, in

cludin

g

the tro

op

ers expected

to resu

lt from

the six

recruit sch

ools n

oted

above in

(3).

(6)

Th

e agen

cy sh

all subm

it quarterly

reports to

the L

egislativ

e Budget B

oard

detailin

g th

e cum

ulativ

e pro

gress attain

ed to

ward

the g

oal o

f addin

g th

e new

troo

pers n

oted

above in

(1). T

he q

uarterly

reports sh

all be d

esignated

law

enfo

rcemen

t sensitiv

e and sh

all inclu

de th

e follo

win

g elem

ents:

a. th

e nu

mb

er of tro

opers ad

ded

as a result o

f traditio

nal, fu

ll-length

recruit

scho

ols;

b.

the n

um

ber o

f troopers ad

ded

as a result o

f shorten

ed train

ing p

rogram

s;

c. th

e reductio

n in

troopers attrib

utab

le to all ty

pes o

f attrition;

d.

the in

form

ation req

uired

belo

w in

(B).

B.

Th

e Dep

artmen

t of P

ublic S

afety sh

all inclu

de in

the q

uarterly

reportin

g req

uirem

ent

no

ted ab

ove in

(6) th

e follo

win

g:

a. th

e agen

cy’s reim

bursem

ents to

the T

exas M

ilitary D

epartm

ent p

ertainin

g to

Op

eration S

trong S

afety, o

r any o

ther b

ord

er security

related o

peratio

n o

r

agreem

ent;

b.

the n

um

ber o

f new

troopers d

eplo

yed

to th

e bord

er regio

n o

n a p

erman

ent

basis, rath

er than

rotated

to th

e bord

er regio

n fo

r temporary

dep

loym

ent;

c. th

e nu

mb

er of T

exas N

ational G

uard

perso

nnel d

eplo

yed

to th

e bord

er

regio

n.

C.

No

thin

g in

this p

rovisio

n sh

all be in

terpreted

to p

reven

t the d

eplo

ym

ent o

f additio

nal

Natio

nal G

uard

, State G

uard

, or law

enfo

rcemen

t perso

nnel to

respond as n

ecessary

to co

nd

itions in

the b

ord

er regio

n. L

ikew

ise, this p

rovisio

n d

oes n

ot ap

ply

to effo

rts

to su

stain flig

ht cap

acity fo

r Natio

nal G

uard

helico

pters

of 44

By:

Dep

artm

ent o

f Pu

blic S

afe

ty, A

rticle V

P

rop

osed

Rid

er H

iring L

aw E

nfo

rcemen

t Officers w

ith P

revio

us E

xperien

ce

Conferen

ce Com

mittee

Prep

ared b

y L

BB

Staff o

n 5

/22/2

015

Overv

iew

This rid

er wo

uld

pro

vid

e app

rop

riation au

thority

for th

e Dep

artmen

t of P

ublic S

afety to

elect to cred

it

up to

four y

ears of ex

perien

ce as a peace o

fficer in th

e state as years o

f service fo

r the p

urp

ose o

f

calculatin

g th

e officer's salary

un

der S

alary C

lassification S

ched

ule C

.

Req

uir

ed A

ction

1.

On

the ap

pro

priate p

age o

f the D

epartm

ent o

f Public S

afety’s b

ill pattern

in th

e Conferen

ce

Co

mm

ittee Rep

ort fo

r House B

ill 1, ad

d th

e follo

win

g rid

er:

__.

Hirin

g O

fficers with

Prev

iou

s Exp

erience. F

rom

funds ap

pro

priated

above in

Strateg

y B

.1.5

,

Recru

itmen

t, R

etentio

n,

and

S

upport,

the

Dep

artmen

t of

Public

Safety

m

ay,

at th

e tim

e a

com

missio

ned

officer is h

ired, elect to

credit u

p to

four y

ears of ex

perien

ce as a peace o

fficer in

the

state as

years

of

service

fo

r th

e purp

ose

of

calculatin

g th

e officer's

salary under

Salary

Classificatio

n S

ched

ule C

as pro

vid

ed in

Article IX

, Sectio

n 2

.01 o

f this A

ct. All o

fficers hired

under th

is pro

visio

n are su

bject to

the o

ne-y

ear pro

batio

nary

perio

d u

nder S

ection 4

11.0

07 (g

)

notw

ithstan

din

g th

e officers ran

k o

r salary classificatio

n.

of 44

By:

Dep

artm

ent o

f Pu

blic S

afe

ty, A

rticle V

P

rop

osed

Rid

er L

imitatio

ns o

n R

ecruit S

chools

Conferen

ce Com

mittee

Prep

ared b

y L

BB

Staff o

n 5

/22/2

015

Overv

iew

This rid

er wo

uld

limit th

e agen

cy’s ap

pro

priatio

n au

thority

to p

ay fo

r any co

st or ex

pen

se that m

ay b

e

directly

or in

directly

related to

the o

peratio

n o

f an eig

ht-w

eek train

ing sch

ool o

r recruit sch

ool o

nly

to

the g

raduatio

n an

d em

plo

ym

ent o

f a total o

f 250 tro

opers fro

m su

ch eig

ht-w

eek recru

it schools.

Req

uir

ed A

ction

1.

On

the ap

pro

priate p

age o

f the D

epartm

ent o

f Public S

afety’s b

ill pattern

in th

e Conferen

ce

Co

mm

ittee Rep

ort fo

r House B

ill 1, ad

d th

e follo

win

g rid

er:

__.

Lim

itatio

n o

n A

pp

rop

riatio

ns: R

ecruit S

chools.

a) A

s used

in th

is section:

(1) "train

ing sch

oo

l" and

"recruit sch

ool" in

clude an

y sch

ool o

r oth

er trainin

g p

rogram

op

erated b

y o

r for th

e ben

efit of th

e Dep

artmen

t of P

ublic S

afety ("d

epartm

ent") fo

r a purp

ose

wh

ich m

ay in

clud

e trainin

g a tro

oper w

ho h

as been

emplo

yed

by th

e dep

artmen

t for few

er

than

52

week

s.

(2) "n

ew tro

op

er" mean

s a trooper em

plo

yed

by th

e dep

artmen

t for few

er than

52 w

eeks.

b)

Fu

nd

s app

ropriated

by th

is Act m

ay b

e used

to p

ay an

y co

st or ex

pen

se that m

ay b

e directly

or

ind

irectly related

to th

e op

eration o

f an eig

ht-w

eek train

ing sch

ool o

r recruit sch

ool o

nly

to

grad

uate an

d em

plo

y a to

tal of 2

50 tro

opers fro

m su

ch eig

ht-w

eek recru

it schools.

c) The n

um

ber o

f additio

nal tro

opers referen

ced ab

ove in

section b

is reduced

by th

e num

ber o

f

troo

pers g

radu

ated fro

m eig

ht-w

eek recru

it schools fro

m A

pril 1

, 2015 to

August 3

1, 2

01

5.

d) E

mp

loyees co

mp

leting th

e 23 w

eek o

r longer recru

it school sh

all grad

uate an

d sh

all be

com

pen

sated o

nly

as entry

-level tro

opers.

of 44

By:

Dep

artm

ent o

f Pu

blic S

afe

ty, A

rticle V

P

rop

osed

Rid

er T

ransitio

nal F

undin

g

Conferen

ce Com

mittee

Prep

ared b

y L

BB

Staff o

n 5

/22/2

015

Overv

iew

This rid

er wo

uld

pro

vid

e specify

the am

ounts ap

pro

priated

for certain

bord

er security

items an

d w

ould

pro

vid

e app

ropriatio

n au

thority

for a M

emoran

dum

of U

nderstan

din

g p

ertainin

g to

reimbursin

g T

exas

Military

Dep

artmen

t for co

sts incu

rred as a resu

lt of p

articipatin

g in

state bord

er security

operatio

ns.

Req

uir

ed A

ction

1.

On

the ap

pro

priate p

age o

f the D

epartm

ent o

f Public S

afety’s b

ill pattern

in th

e Conferen

ce

Co

mm

ittee Rep

ort fo

r House B

ill 1, ad

d th

e follo

win

g rid

er:

__.

Dep

artm

ent o

f Pu

blic S

afety

/Milita

ry D

epartm

ent T

ran

sition

al F

un

din

g. In

cluded

in th

e

amou

nts ap

pro

priated

abo

ve to

the D

epartm

ent o

f Public S

afety in

Strateg

y B

.1.4

, Extrao

rdin

ary

Operatio

ns, an

d S

trategy B

.1.5

, Recru

itmen

t, Reten

tion, an

d S

upport, is $

194,3

48,0

45

$192

,74

8,0

45 in

fiscal year 2

01

6 an

d $

213,8

93,$

212,2

93,1

20

in fiscal y

ear 2017 in

Gen

eral

Rev

enu

e Fu

nd

s for th

e follo

win

g p

urp

oses:

a. recruitm

ent, train

ing o

f and

equip

men

t for at least 2

50 n

ew tro

opers, an

d train

ing an

d su

pp

ort

for ap

pro

xim

ately 8

0 recru

its from

transfer sch

ools;

b. fu

ndin

g a 1

0-h

ou

r wo

rk d

ay fo

r all DP

S law

enfo

rcemen

t officers;

c. $1

25

per w

eek stip

end

for O

peratin

g S

trong S

afety p

articipan

ts;

d. th

e transitio

nal d

eplo

ym

ent o

f the T

exas N

ational G

uard

to th

e bord

er regio

n fo

r bord

er

security

op

erations; an

d

e. sustain

ing a co

ncen

tration

of law

enfo

rcemen

t resources to

support O

peratio

n S

trong

Safety

thro

ugh

the fiscal y

ear 2016

-17 b

ienniu

m.

The D

epartm

ent o

f Pu

blic S

afety (D

PS

) and th

e Military

Dep

artmen

t (TM

D) sh

all enter in

to a

mem

oran

du

m o

f un

derstan

din

g th

at pro

vid

es for th

e transfer o

f funds th

rough an

Interag

ency

Con

tract from

DP

S to

TM

D fo

r the p

urp

ose o

f dep

loyin

g th

e Tex

as Natio

nal G

uard

to th

e bo

rder

regio

n fo

r bord

er security

op

erations. D

PS

shall tran

sfer sufficien

t funds to

TM

D to

pro

vid

e for

the d

eplo

ym

ent o

f the T

exas N

ational G

uard

until su

ch d

eplo

ym

ent is n

ot n

ecessary.

of 44

By:

Dep

artm

ent o

f Pu

blic S

afe

ty, A

rticle V

P

rop

osed

Rid

er R

eserve O

fficer Corp

s C

onferen

ce Com

mittee

Prep

ared b

y L

BB

Staff o

n 5

/22/2

015

Overv

iew

This rid

er wo

uld

pro

vid

e app

rop

riation

auth

ority

for th

e establish

men

t of a R

eserve O

fficer Corp

s at

the D

epartm

ent o

f Pub

lic Safety

.

Req

uir

ed A

ction

1.

On

the ap

pro

priate p

age o

f the D

epartm

ent o

f Public S

afety’s b

ill pattern

in th

e Conferen

ce

Co

mm

ittee Rep

ort fo

r House B

ill 1, ad

d th

e follo

win

g rid

er:

___. R

eserve O

fficer Co

rps.

a. Fro

m fu

nd

s appro

priated

abo

ve in

Strateg

y B

.1.3

, Routin

e Operatio

ns, th

e Public S

afety

Co

mm

ission

(Co

mm

ission

) may

pro

vid

e for th

e establish

men

t of a reserv

e officer co

rps

con

sisting o

f retired o

r prev

iously

com

missio

ned

officers o

f the D

epartm

ent o

f Public

Safety

(DP

S).

b. T

he C

om

missio

n sh

all establish

qualificatio

ns an

d stan

dard

s of train

ing fo

r mem

bers o

f the

reserve o

fficer corp

s.

c. Th

e Co

mm

ission

may

limit th

e size of th

e reserve o

fficer corp

s.

d. T

he d

irector sh

all app

oin

t the m

embers o

f the reserv

e officer co

rps. M

embers serv

e at the

directo

r's discretio

n.

e. Th

e directo

r may

call the reserv

e officer co

rps in

to serv

ice at any tim

e the d

irector co

nsid

ers

it necessary

to h

ave ad

ditio

nal o

fficers to assist D

PS

in co

nductin

g b

ackgro

und in

vestig

ation

s,

sex o

ffend

er com

plian

ce check

s and o

ther d

uties as d

etermin

ed n

ecessary b

y th

e directo

r.

of 44

jaw

By:

Dep

artm

en

t of P

ub

lic Sa

fety

, Article V

P

rop

osed

Rid

er

Perta

inin

g to

Tra

nsfer P

roh

ibitio

n in

Goal B

, Secu

re Tex

as

Co

nferen

ce Co

mm

ittee

Prep

ared b

y L

BB

Staff, 0

5/2

2/1

5

Overv

iew

The p

roposed

new

rider w

ould

pro

hib

it the tran

sfer of fu

nds o

ut o

f Goal B

, Secu

re Tex

as.

Req

uired

Actio

ns:

1.

On th

e ap

pro

priate

pag

e of

the

Dep

artmen

t of

Public

Safety

’s bill

pattern

in

th

e

Conferen

ce Com

mittee R

eport fo

r House B

ill 1, ad

d th

e follo

win

g rid

er:

_____. T

ran

sfer Pro

hib

ition

– G

oal B

, Secu

re Tex

as.

A.

Notw

ithstan

din

g A

rticle IX, S

ection 1

4.0

1 o

f this A

ct and ex

cept as p

rovid

ed b

elow

in (B

) and (D

), the D

epartm

ent o

f Public S

afety sh

all not tran

sfer funds o

ut o

f Goal B

,

Secu

re Tex

as.

B.

Ex

ceptio

ns to

the p

roscrip

tion ab

ove in

(A) are lim

ited to

the fo

llow

ing:

(1) F

undin

g fo

r overtim

e pay

su

fficient

to in

crease th

e w

ork

w

eek fo

r all

of

the

agen

cy’s tro

opers to

an a

verag

e of 5

0 h

ours p

er week

;

(2) F

undin

g fo

r gran

ts to law

enfo

rcemen

t agen

cies to facilitate th

eir transitio

n to

a

Natio

nal In

ciden

t Based

Rep

ortin

g S

ystem

; and

(3) F

undin

g to

reim

burse

the

Tex

as M

ilitary D

epartm

ent

for

transitio

nal

Natio

nal

Guard

dep

loym

ent co

sts.

C.

An

y fu

nds o

ther th

an th

ose n

oted

above in

(B) rem

ainin

g in

Goal B

, Secu

re Tex

as, on

August 3

1, 2

017

, shall lap

se to th

e Gen

eral Rev

enue F

und.

D.

All tran

sfers out o

f Go

al B o

ther th

an th

ose n

oted

above in

(B) are su

bject to

the p

rior

appro

val o

f the L

egislativ

e Bud

get B

oard

. In th

e even

t the ag

ency d

etermin

es a need

to tran

sfer fun

ds o

ut o

f Goal B

oth

er than

those n

oted

above in

(B), th

e agen

cy m

ay

subm

it a request to

the L

egislativ

e Bud

get B

oard

detailin

g th

e rationale fo

r the

transfer.

of 44

By:

Office o

f the G

ov

erno

r, Art. I / D

epa

rtmen

t of P

ub

lic Sa

fety, A

rt. V

Pro

posed

Con

tingen

cy R

ider R

evisio

n

Fu

nd

ing fo

r Bod

y-W

orn

Cam

eras

Co

nferen

ce Co

mm

ittee

Prep

ared b

y L

BB

Staff, 5

/21/1

5

Overv

iew

Contin

gen

t upon p

assage o

f SB

158, o

r similar leg

islation relatin

g to

defin

ing a p

olic

y o

f

implem

entin

g b

od

y-w

orn

cameras b

y co

mm

issioned

law en

forcem

ent o

fficers, this rid

er would

reduce $

10.0

millio

n in

Gen

eral Rev

enue F

und 0

1 in

fiscal year 2

016 fro

m th

e Office o

f the

Govern

or’s D

isaster Con

tingen

cy F

und

and ad

d $

10.0

millio

n in

Gen

eral Rev

enue F

und 0

1 in

fiscal year 2

016 to

the D

epartm

ent o

f Public S

afety.

Req

uired

Actio

ns

1)

Am

end th

e rider , C

on

tingen

cy fo

r SB

158, ad

opted

on M

ay 2

0, 2

015 as fo

llow

s, and ad

d th

is

rider o

n th

e app

ropriate p

age in

the C

onferen

ce Com

mittee R

eport fo

r House B

ill 1, in

the

Dep

artmen

t of P

ublic S

afety’s b

ill pattern

:

_____. C

on

tingen

cy fo

r SB

158

.

a. C

on

tingen

t on p

assage o

f SB

158, o

r similar leg

islation relatin

g to

defin

ing a p

olicy

of

im

plem

entin

g b

od

y-w

orn

cameras b

y co

mm

issioned

law en

forcem

ent o

fficers, by th

e

E

ighty

-fou

rth L

egislatu

re, Reg

ular S

ession, red

uce th

e Gen

eral Rev

enu

e Fu

nd 0

1 fro

m

A

rticle I, Tru

steed P

rogram

s With

in th

e Office o

f the G

overn

or, S

trategy A

.1.1

, Disaster

F

unds, b

y $

5.0

10.0

millio

n in

fiscal year 2

016.

b.

Con

tingen

t on p

assage o

f SB

158, o

r similar leg

islation relatin

g to

defin

ing a p

olicy

of

im

plem

entin

g b

od

y-w

orn

cameras b

y co

mm

issioned

law en

forcem

ent o

fficers, by th

e

E

ighty

-fou

rth L

egislatu

re, Reg

ular S

ession

, increase th

e Gen

eral Rev

enu

e Fund 0

1 in

D

epartm

ent o

f Public S

afety, S

trategy C

.2.1

, Public S

afety C

om

municatio

ns, b

y $

5.0

10.0

m

illion in

fiscal year 2

01

6 to

pro

vid

e gran

ts to law

enfo

rcemen

t entities fo

r bod

y-w

orn

cam

eras pursu

ant to

the p

rovisio

ns o

f the leg

islation

.

of 44

By:

Co

mm

ission

on

En

viro

nm

enta

l Qu

ality

P

rop

osed

Rid

er Am

end

men

t

Exp

Prep

ared b

y L

BB

Staff, M

ay 2

0, 2

015

Overv

iew

The p

roposed

rider w

ould

increase ap

pro

priatio

ns to

the C

om

missio

n o

n E

nviro

nm

ental Q

uality

out o

f the G

eneral R

even

ue-D

edicated

Clean

Air A

ccount N

o. 1

51 b

y $

47

5,0

00 fo

r the 2

016

-17

bien

niu

m fro

m fee rev

enues co

llected fro

m ex

ped

ited rev

iew su

rcharg

es levied

in acco

rdan

ce

with

Health

and S

afety C

ode, §

382

.05155. T

he fu

nds w

ould

be u

sed to

support th

e exped

ited

perm

itting p

rocess. T

he rid

er would

inclu

de u

nex

pen

ded

balan

ce auth

ority

from

fiscal year 2

016

to fiscal y

ear 2017.

Req

uired

Actio

n

On p

age V

I-23 o

f the C

om

missio

n o

n E

nviro

nm

ental Q

uality

’s bill p

attern (H

ouse S

pecial

Prin

ting), am

end th

e follo

win

g rid

er:

29.

Ap

pro

pria

tion

: Exp

edited

Pro

cessing o

f Perm

it Ap

plica

tion

s. Inclu

ded

in

amounts ap

pro

priated

above o

ut o

f the C

lean A

ir Acco

unt N

o. 1

51 is $

525

,000

for th

e bien

niu

m fo

r con

tract labor, o

vertim

e and co

mpen

satory

pay, o

r oth

er

costs in

curred

to su

pport th

e exped

ited p

rocessin

g o

f perm

it applicatio

ns. T

he

Com

missio

n o

n E

nviro

nm

ental Q

uality

is auth

orized

to co

mpen

sate emplo

yees

who p

erform

exped

ited air p

ermits tw

ice the h

ourly

rate for tim

e wo

rked

in ex

cess

of th

eir regularly

sched

uled

work

hours. F

or th

e purp

oses o

f the ex

ped

ited p

ermit

pro

cess, the T

CE

Q is ex

empt fro

m p

rovisio

ns o

f Article IX

relating to

the

inclu

sion o

f temporary

or co

ntract w

ork

ers in th

e calculatio

n o

f the n

um

ber o

f

Full-T

ime E

quiv

alent (F

TE

) positio

ns.

In

additio

n to

the am

ounts ap

pro

priated

above, th

e Tex

as Com

missio

n o

n

Enviro

nm

ental Q

uality

is appro

priated

for th

e bien

niu

m b

egin

nin

g o

n S

eptem

ber

1, 2

015, an

amount n

ot to

exceed

$475,0

00 o

ut o

f the C

lean A

ir Acco

unt N

o. 1

51

in S

trategy A

.2.1

, Air Q

uality

Perm

itting, fro

m fee rev

enues co

llected an

d

dep

osited

to th

e account fro

m ex

ped

ited p

ermit rev

iew su

rcharg

es assessed in

accord

ance w

ith H

ealth an

d S

afety C

od

e, § 3

82.0

5155. T

hese fu

nds are p

rovid

ed

for co

sts incu

rred to

supp

ort th

e exped

ited p

ermittin

g p

rocess.

An

y u

nex

pen

ded

balan

ces remain

ing in

this ap

pro

priatio

n o

n A

ugust 3

1, 2

01

6 in

this ap

pro

priatio

n are ap

pro

priated

for th

e same p

urp

oses fo

r the fiscal y

ear

beg

innin

g o

n S

eptem

ber 1

, 2016.

of 44

By:

Tex

as P

ark

s an

d W

ildlife

Dep

artm

ent

Pro

posed

Rid

er an

d R

ider R

evisio

n

Loca

l Gra

nts fo

r the C

ity o

f Hou

ston

Prep

ared b

y L

BB

Staff, 5

/21/2

015

Overv

iew

The p

roposal w

ould

requ

ire the T

exas P

arks an

d W

ildlife D

epartm

ent (T

PW

D) to

use

$2,5

00,0

00 fro

m fu

nds ap

pro

priated

in fiscal y

ear 2016 fo

r the p

urp

ose o

f pro

vid

ing lo

cal park

gran

ts to 1

) Housto

n’s E

man

cipatio

n P

ark ($

1,5

00,0

00), 2

) the H

ousto

n M

useu

m o

f African

Am

erican C

ultu

re ($500,0

00), an

d 3

) the B

uffalo

Sold

iers Natio

nal M

useu

m in

Housto

n

($500,0

00). T

he p

roposal in

cludes so

me ad

justm

ents in

meth

ods-o

f-finan

ce across strateg

ies to

ensu

re that th

e gran

ts align w

ith statu

te and d

o n

ot in

crease the to

tal appro

priatio

ns to

the

dep

artmen

t.

Req

uired

Actio

ns

1)

On p

age V

I-30 o

f TP

WD

’s bill p

attern in

the M

ethod o

f Fin

ance tab

le in th

e Conferen

ce

Bill, in

crease appro

priatio

ns in

fiscal year 2

016 fro

m th

e Sportin

g G

oods S

ales Tax

transfer to

the S

tate Park

s Acco

unt N

o. 6

4 b

y $

1,2

50,0

00 an

d d

ecrease the S

portin

g

Goods S

ales Tax

transfer to

the G

eneral R

even

ue-D

edicated

Larg

e County

and

Municip

ality R

ecreation an

d P

arks A

ccount N

o. 5

150 in

a corresp

ondin

g am

ount.

2)

On p

age V

I-31 o

f TP

WD

’s bill p

attern in

Strateg

y B

.2.1

, Local P

ark G

rants, in

the

Con

ference B

ill, increase ap

pro

priatio

ns in

fiscal year 2

016 fro

m G

eneral R

even

ue b

y

$1,2

50,0

00 an

d d

ecrease appro

priatio

ns fro

m th

e Sportin

g G

oods S

ales Tax

transfer to

the G

eneral R

even

ue-D

edicated

Larg

e County

and M

unicip

ality R

ecreation an

d P

arks

Acco

unt N

o. 5

150 b

y a co

rrespondin

g am

ount.

3)

On p

age V

I-32 o

f TP

WD

’s bill p

attern in

Strateg

y D

.1.1

, Imp

rovem

ents an

d M

ajor

Rep

airs, increase ap

pro

priatio

ns in

fiscal year 2

01

6 fro

m S

portin

g G

oods S

ales Tax

transfer to

the S

tate Park

s Acco

unt N

o. 6

4 b

y $

1,2

50,0

00 an

d d

ecrease appro

priatio

ns

from

Gen

eral Rev

enu

e by a co

rrespondin

g am

oun

t.

4)

On th

e last pag

e of T

PW

D’s b

ill pattern

, add th

e follo

win

g n

ew rid

er:

_____.

Loca

l Gra

nts fo

r the C

ity o

f Hou

ston

. Fro

m fu

nds ap

pro

priated

above in

Strateg

y

B.2

.1, L

ocal P

ark G

rants, in

fiscal year 2

016 th

e Tex

as Park

s and W

ildlife

Dep

artmen

t shall allo

cate $1,2

50,0

00 fro

m th

e Sportin

g G

oods S

ales Tax

transfer to

the G

eneral R

even

ue-D

edicated

Larg

e County

and M

unicip

ality R

ecreation an

d P

arks

Acco

unt N

o. 5

150, an

d $

1,2

50,0

00 fro

m G

eneral R

even

ue u

nder p

rovisio

ns o

f the

Park

s and W

ildlife C

ode, C

hap

ter 24 fo

r pro

vid

ing g

rants in

the am

ounts o

f:

a. $1,5

00,0

00 to

Housto

n’s E

man

cipatio

n P

ark;

b.

$500,0

00 to

the H

ousto

n M

useu

m o

f African

Am

erican C

ultu

re; and

c. $500,0

00 to

the B

uffalo

Sold

iers Natio

nal M

useu

m in

Housto

n.

An

y u

noblig

ated an

d u

nex

pen

ded

balan

ces remain

ing as o

f Au

gust 3

1, 2

016 are

appro

priated

for th

e same p

urp

ose fo

r the fiscal y

ear beg

innin

g S

eptem

ber 1

, 2016.

of 44

By:

Dep

artm

ent o

f Tra

nsp

orta

tion

, Article V

II P

rop

osed

Rid

er

Allo

catio

n fo

r Em

ergen

cy a

nd

First R

espon

der A

irport F

acilities

Prep

ared b

y L

BB

Staff, 0

5/2

1/2

015

Overv

iew

Add a rid

er to th

e bill p

attern fo

r the D

epartm

ent o

f Tran

sportatio

n to

specify

that $

3 m

illion in

State H

ighw

ay F

unds fo

r aviatio

n serv

ices appro

priatio

ns are to

be u

sed to

assist in h

angar

expan

sion

at the S

outh

Tex

as Intern

ational A

irport at E

din

burg

.

Req

uired

Actio

n

Add th

e follo

win

g rid

er to th

e bill p

attern fo

r the D

epartm

ent o

f Tran

sportatio

n in

Article V

II:

__.

Allo

catio

n fo

r Em

ergen

cy a

nd

First R

espon

der A

irport F

acilities. O

ut o

f

amounts ap

pro

priated

abov

e to th

e Dep

artmen

t of T

ransp

ortatio

n in

Strateg

y B

.1.4

,

Aviatio

n S

ervices, th

e amount o

f $3,0

00,0

00 o

ut o

f State H

igh

way F

und N

o. 0

06

shall b

e used

to assist in

han

gar ex

pan

sion

at the S

outh

Tex

as Intern

ational A

irpo

rt at

Edin

burg

for airp

ort facilities u

sed b

y th

e Dep

artmen

t of P

ublic S

afety fo

r emerg

ency

and first resp

ond

ers, inclu

din

g facilities w

here D

epartm

ent o

f Public S

afety aircraft

are used

for stag

ing an

d sto

rage p

urp

oses.

of 44

Article

IX

Pro

posed

Rid

er

Prep

ared b

y L

BB

Staff, 5

/21/2

015

Motio

n: A

dd an

app

ropriately

num

bered

rider to

the last p

age o

f Article IX

to read

as follo

ws:

Sec. 1

8._

_ . T

exas V

eteran

s Com

missio

n a

nd

Tex

as S

up

reme C

ou

rt. T

he fo

llow

ing ch

anges

are mad

e in o

ther A

rticles of th

is Act:

(A) G

eneral R

even

ue ap

pro

priated

elsewhere in

this A

ct to th

e Tex

as Suprem

e Court in

Strateg

y

B.1

.1, B

asic Civ

ic Leg

al Serv

ices, is redu

ced b

y $

750,0

00

in each

fiscal year o

f the 2

016

-17

bien

niu

m, an

d a lik

e amo

unt in

Gen

eral Rev

enue is ap

pro

priated

to th

e Tex

as Veteran

s

Com

missio

n in

Strateg

y B

.1.1

, Gen

eral Assistan

ce Gran

ts, to b

e used

by th

e Tex

as Veteran

s

Com

missio

n fo

r Veteran

Treatm

ent C

ourt P

rogram

s.

(B) A

ppro

priatio

ns m

ade in

Interag

ency C

ontracts m

ade elsew

here in

this A

ct to th

e Tex

as

Veteran

s Com

missio

n in

Strateg

y B

.1.1

, Gen

eral Assistan

ce Gran

ts, are hereb

y red

uced

by

$750,0

00 each

fiscal year fo

r the 2

016

-17 b

ienniu

m.

(C) In

additio

n, $

750,0

00 fro

m th

e Fund fo

r Veteran

s’ Assistan

ce Acco

unt N

o. 0

368 in

each

fiscal year o

f the 2

016-1

7 b

ienniu

m ap

pro

priated

elsewhere in

this A

ct to th

e Veteran

s

Com

missio

n in

Strateg

y B

.1.1

, Gen

eral Assistan

ce Gran

ts, are to b

e used

by th

e Tex

as Veteran

s

Com

missio

n fo

r Veteran

Treatm

ent C

ourt P

rogram

s.

(D) R

ider 8

. Interag

ency C

ontract w

ith T

exas V

eterans' C

om

missio

n (S

uprem

e Court B

ill

Pattern

) and R

ider 1

6. B

asic Civ

il Leg

al Serv

ices for V

eterans (V

eterans' C

om

missio

n b

ill

pattern

) are to b

e regard

ed as stru

ck fro

m th

is Act.

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