By: Nelson S.R. No. 94
 
 
 
SENATE RESOLUTION
         BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE Senate of the State of Texas, That
  Senate Rule 12.03 and 12.04, be suspended in part as provided by
  Senate Rule 12.08 to enable consideration of, and action on, the
  following specific matters which may be contained in the
  Conference Committee Report on Senate Bill 8.
         A. Suspend Senate Rule 12.03 (4) to allow the Conference
  Committee to add text on any matter which is not included in
  either the House or Senate version of the bill to read as follows:
         SECTION 4.  DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES:
  COVID-19 SERVICES. (a) The amount of $2,000,000,000 is
  appropriated to the Department of State Health Services from
  money received by this state from the Coronavirus State Fiscal
  Recovery Fund (42 U.S.C. Section 802) established under the
  American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Pub. L. No. 117-2) and
  deposited to the credit of the Coronavirus Relief Fund No. 325
  during the period beginning on the effective date of this Act and
  ending January 1, 2023, for the following purposes related to
  costs incurred during the period beginning March 3, 2021, and
  ending January 1, 2023, due to the coronavirus disease pandemic:
               (1)  providing funding for surge staffing at state
  and local hospitals, long-term care facilities, psychiatric
  hospitals, and nursing facilities;
               (2)  purchasing therapeutic drugs, including drugs
  for monoclonal antibody treatments; and
               (3)  providing funding for the operation of regional
  infusion centers.
         (b)  Notwithstanding Section 13.05, page IX-64, Chapter
  1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session,
  2021 (the General Appropriations Act), the Department of State
  Health Services shall expend any Coronavirus State Fiscal
  Recovery Funds freed-up as a result of reimbursements received by
  the Department of State Health Services from the Federal
  Emergency Management Agency related to expenditures paid from
  money appropriated under Subsection (a) of this section only
  after prior approval of the Legislative Budget Board.
         B. Suspend Senate Rule 12.03 (4) to allow the Conference
  Committee to add text on any matter which is not included in
  either the House or Senate version of the bill to read as follows:
         SECTION 6.  DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE:
  COMPENSATION. (a) The amount of $359,673,191 is appropriated to
  the Department of Criminal Justice from money received by this
  state from the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund (42 U.S.C.
  Section 802) established under the American Rescue Plan Act of
  2021 (Pub. L. No. 117-2) and deposited to the credit of the
  Coronavirus Relief Fund No. 325 for the purpose of providing
  compensation for agency employees for the state fiscal year
  beginning September 1, 2021.
         (b)  The Department of Criminal Justice shall:
               (1)  in consultation with the comptroller of public
  accounts and the Legislative Budget Board, determine the proper
  allocation of benefits included in the appropriations made under
  Subsection (a) of this section; and
               (2)  identify the strategies and objectives for
  which the appropriations made under Subsection (a) of this
  section are directed.
         (c)  It is the intent of the legislature that the
  Department of Criminal Justice consider the appropriations as a
  change in the method of finance of the compensation to be paid to
  agency employees and not as an increase in total appropriations
  to the agency.
         C. Suspend Senate Rule 12.03 (4) to allow the Conference
  Committee to add text on any matter which is not included in
  either the House or Senate version of the bill to read as follows:
         SECTION 8.  HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD: TEXAS
  CHILD MENTAL HEALTH CARE CONSORTIUM. (a)  The amount of
  $113,082,887 is appropriated to the Higher Education
  Coordinating Board from money received by this state from the
  Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund (42 U.S.C. Section 802)
  established under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Pub. L.
  No. 117-2) and deposited to the credit of the Coronavirus Relief
  Fund No. 325 for the purpose of supporting the operations and
  expansion of the Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium to
  expand mental health initiatives for children, pregnant women,
  and women who are up to one year postpartum during the two-year
  period beginning on the effective date of this Act. At the
  direction of the Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium, the
  Higher Education Coordinating Board shall transfer
  appropriations through interagency contracts with
  health-related institutions of higher education for the
  following purposes:
               (1)  $20,578,442 for enhancements and expansion of
  the Child Psychiatry Access Network;
               (2)  $56,218,976 for enhancements and expansion of
  the Texas Child Access Through Telemedicine program;
               (3)  $32,991,791 for expansion of the child and
  adolescent mental health workforce; and
               (4)  $3,293,676 for administrative expenses.
         (b)  Not later than December 1, 2021, out of money
  appropriated by Subsection (a) of this section, the Higher
  Education Coordinating Board shall transfer $3,293,676 to an
  institution of higher education designated by the Texas Child
  Mental Health Care Consortium for oversight and evaluation of the
  outlined initiatives by means of interagency agreements or any
  other necessary contracts.
         (c)  The Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium may
  transfer up to 10 percent of money appropriated for the purposes
  described by Subsection (a)(1), (2), or (3) of this section to
  any of the other purposes described by those provisions. The
  Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium may transfer more than
  10 percent of funds for those purposes only with the prior
  approval for the transfer and expenditure from the Legislative
  Budget Board. A request for approval of the transfer and
  expenditure by the consortium is considered approved unless the
  Legislative Budget Board issues a written disapproval within 10
  business days of the receipt and review of the request by the
  Legislative Budget Board.
         (d)  Out of money appropriated by Subsection (a) of this
  section, the Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium may
  enhance the Child Psychiatry Access Network to improve perinatal
  mental health services.
         D. Suspend Senate Rule 12.03 (4) to allow the Conference
  Committee to add text on any matter which is not included in
  either the House or Senate version of the bill to read as follows:
         SECTION 10.  HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD:
  UNIVERSITY CONSTRUCTION. (a) Contingent on legislation by the
  87th Legislature, 3rd Called Session, 2021, relating to the
  issuance of tuition revenue bonds, becoming law, the amount of
  $325,000,000 is appropriated to the Higher Education
  Coordinating Board from money received by this state from the
  Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund (42 U.S.C. Section 802)
  established under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Pub. L.
  No. 117-2) and deposited to the credit of the Coronavirus Relief
  Fund No. 325 for the purpose of university construction during
  the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act.
         (b)  If an appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this
  section for any reason is determined by the United States
  Department of the Treasury or any other qualified state or
  federal authority to have been made for an improper use:
               (1)  the appropriated money may not be spent and
  shall be retained in the treasury and available for later
  legislative appropriation; and
               (2)  an amount equal to the amount of the
  appropriation that was determined to have been made for an
  improper use is appropriated from the general revenue fund to the
  Higher Education Coordinating Board for the purpose and period
  described by Subsection (a) of this section.
         E. Suspend Senate Rule 12.03 (4) to allow the Conference
  Committee to add text on any matter which is not included in
  either the House or Senate version of the bill to read as follows:
         SECTION 16.  DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES: RIO
  GRANDE VALLEY. The amount of $16,700,000 is appropriated to the
  Department of State Health Services from money received by this
  state from the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund (42 U.S.C.
  Section 802) established under the American Rescue Plan Act of
  2021 (Pub. L. No. 117-2) and deposited to the credit of the
  Coronavirus Relief Fund No. 325 for the purpose of upgrading
  existing laboratory facilities associated with a level 1 trauma
  facility in Hidalgo County and new laboratory infrastructure in
  Starr County during the two-year period beginning on the
  effective date of this Act.
         F. Suspend Senate Rule 12.03 (4) to allow the Conference
  Committee to add text on any matter which is not included in
  either the House or Senate version of the bill to read as follows:
         SECTION 25.  DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION RESOURCES:
  CYBERSECURITY PROJECTS. (a) The amount of $200,000,000 is
  appropriated to the Department of Information Resources for
  deposit into the Technology Improvement and Modernization Fund
  No. 187 and for use during the two-year period beginning on the
  effective date of this Act for the purpose of cybersecurity
  projects from money received by this state from the Coronavirus
  State Fiscal Recovery Fund (42 U.S.C. Section 802) established
  under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Pub. L. No. 117-2)
  and deposited to the credit of the Coronavirus Relief Fund
  No. 325. Before spending money appropriated under this
  subsection, the department must receive approval for the
  proposed cybersecurity projects from the Joint Oversight
  Committee on Investment in Information Technology Improvement
  and Modernization Projects established under Section 2054.578,
  Government Code.
         (b)  The capital budget authority of the Department of
  Information Resources in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th
  Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations
  Act), is increased by $200,000,000 for the appropriation made
  under Subsection (a) of this section.
         G. Suspend Senate Rule 12.04 (4) to allow the Conference
  Committee to exceed the amount of an item of appropriation
  contained in one version of the bill to read as follows:
         SECTION 31.  DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION: PRESIDIO
  CUSTOMS INSPECTION STATION. The amount of $15,500,000 is
  appropriated to the Department of Transportation from money
  received by this state from the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery
  Fund (42 U.S.C. Section 802) established under the American
  Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Pub. L. No. 117-2) and deposited to the
  credit of the Coronavirus Relief Fund No. 325 for the purpose of
  providing funding for a customs inspection station on the South
  Orient Rail Line in Presidio, Texas, during the two-year period
  beginning on the effective date of this Act.
         H. Suspend Senate Rule 12.03 (4) to allow the Conference
  Committee to add text on any matter which is not included in
  either the House or Senate version of the bill to read as follows:
         SECTION 32.  TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM: TRS-CARE AND
  TRS-ACTIVECARE. (a) The amount of $286,337,761 is appropriated
  to the Teacher Retirement System from money received by this
  state from the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund (42 U.S.C.
  Section 802) established under the American Rescue Plan Act of
  2021 (Pub. L. No. 117-2) and deposited to the credit of the
  Coronavirus Relief Fund No. 325 for the purpose of providing
  funding during the two-year period beginning on the effective
  date of this Act for coronavirus-related claims in TRS-Care and
  TRS-ActiveCare.
         (b)  It is the intent of the legislature that premiums for
  TRS-Care and TRS-ActiveCare insurance policies not increase as a
  result of coronavirus-related claims.
         (c)  Notwithstanding Subsection (b) of this section, it is
  the intent of the legislature that the premiums for TRS-Care and
  TRS-ActiveCare programs be calculated and adjusted taking into
  consideration the money appropriated under this section.
         I. Suspend Senate Rule 12.03 (4) to allow the Conference
  Committee to add text on any matter which is not included in
  either the House or Senate version of the bill to read as follows:
         SECTION 33.  HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION:
  STAFFING NEEDS. (a) The amount of $378,300,000 is appropriated
  to the Health and Human Services Commission from money received
  by this state from the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund (42
  U.S.C. Section 802) established under the American Rescue Plan
  Act of 2021 (Pub. L. No. 117-2) and deposited to the credit of the
  Coronavirus Relief Fund No. 325 for the purpose of providing
  funding during the two-year period beginning on the effective
  date of this Act for the Health and Human Services Commission to
  administer one-time grants related to providing critical
  staffing needs resulting from frontline health care workers
  affected by COVID-19, including recruitment and retention
  bonuses for staff:
               (1)  of nursing facilities, assisted living
  facilities, home health agencies, and facilities that serve
  persons with intellectual or developmental disabilities in an
  intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual
  disabilities or related conditions (ICF/IID); or
               (2)  who provide community attendant services.
         (b)  It is the intent of the legislature that the Health
  and Human Services Commission prioritize grants to grantees that
  comply with the reporting requirements prescribed by Rider 143
  (Health and Human Services Commission), Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1),
  Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General
  Appropriations Act), the reporting requirements established by
  Chapter 588 (S.B. 809), Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2021, or equivalent reporting requirements established
  by the Health and Human Services Commission.
         (c)  Annually, the Health and Human Services Commission
  shall report to the Legislative Budget Board the grants awarded
  under this section. The report must include, for the year
  covered by the report, the amount of grants awarded, the award
  recipients, and the total amount of each grant used by the
  recipient. The report must be submitted to the Legislative
  Budget Board not later than December 1 of the year in which the
  report is due.
         (d)  Of the amount appropriated under Subsection (a) of
  this section:
               (1)  $200,000,000 shall be used only for grants for
  nursing facilities; and
               (2)  $178,300,000 shall be used only for grants for
  assisted living facilities, home health agencies, community
  attendants, and facilities that serve persons with intellectual
  or developmental disabilities in an intermediate care facility
  for individuals with intellectual disabilities or related
  conditions (ICF/IID).
         (e)  It is the intent of the legislature that the Health
  and Human Services Commission consider federal COVID-19 relief
  money received by providers when allocating the money described
  by Subsection (d)(2) of this section.
         J. Suspend Senate Rule 12.04 (4) to allow the Conference
  Committee to exceed the amount of an item of appropriation
  contained in one version of the bill to read as follows:
         SECTION 34.  DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES:
  FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER INCUBATOR PROGRAM. The amount
  of $20,000,000 is appropriated to the Department of State Health
  Services from money received by this state from the Coronavirus
  State Fiscal Recovery Fund (42 U.S.C. Section 802) established
  under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Pub. L. No. 117-2)
  and deposited to the credit of the Coronavirus Relief Fund
  No. 325 for use during the two-year period beginning on the
  effective date of this Act for the Federally Qualified Health
  Center Incubator Program.
         K. Suspend Senate Rule 12.04 (5) to allow the Conference
  Committee to add an item of appropriation that is not in either
  version of the bill to read as follows; Suspend Senate Rule 12.03
  (4) to allow the Conference Committee to add text on any matter
  which is not included in either the House or Senate version of the
  bill to read as follows:
         SECTION 35.  DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES:
  EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES. (a) The amount of $21,700,000 is
  appropriated to the Department of State Health Services from
  money received by this state from the Coronavirus State Fiscal
  Recovery Fund (42 U.S.C. Section 802) established under the
  American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Pub. L. No. 117-2) and
  deposited to the credit of the Coronavirus Relief Fund No. 325
  for the purpose of providing funding for emergency medical
  response service staffing, including:
               (1)  funding for programs to incentivize and
  increase the number of Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) and
  paramedics that provide care on an ambulance, including funding
  for emergency medical services workforce development initiatives
  at regional advisory councils; and
               (2)  funding for Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
  education programs, including distance learning programs, to
  increase the number of EMTs and paramedics graduating from EMS
  education programs.
         (b)  It is the intent of the legislature that, consistent
  with state law, the Department of State Health Services
  prioritize funding appropriated under Subsection (a) of this
  section for rural and underserved areas.
         L. Suspend Senate Rule 12.03 (4) to allow the Conference
  Committee to add text on any matter which is not included in
  either the House or Senate version of the bill to read as follows:
         SECTION 36.  PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT: EDUCATION AND
  OUTREACH GRANTS. The amount of $40,000,000 is appropriated to
  the Parks and Wildlife Department from money received by this
  state from the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund (42 U.S.C.
  Section 802) established under the American Rescue Plan Act of
  2021 (Pub. L. No. 117-2) and deposited to the credit of the
  Coronavirus Relief Fund No. 325 to be used during the two-year
  period beginning on the effective date of this Act for the
  purpose of providing funding for grants throughout this state as
  authorized by other law and consistent with Strategy C.2.1.,
  Outreach and Education, as listed in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts
  of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General
  Appropriations Act).
         M. Suspend Senate Rule 12.04 (5) to allow the Conference
  Committee to add an item of appropriation that is not in either
  version of the bill to read as follows; Suspend Senate Rule 12.03
  (4) to allow the Conference Committee to add text on any matter
  which is not included in either the House or Senate version of the
  bill to read as follows:
         SECTION 39.  TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY: INSTITUTE FOR A
  DISASTER RESILIENT TEXAS. (a) The amount of $1,150,000 is
  appropriated to Texas A&M University - Galveston from money
  received by this state from the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery
  Fund (42 U.S.C. Section 802) established under the American
  Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Pub. L. No. 117-2) and deposited to the
  credit of the Coronavirus Relief Fund No. 325 for the purpose of
  providing funding to the Institute for a Disaster Resilient
  Texas.
         (b)  Out of amounts appropriated by Subsection (a) of this
  section:
               (1)  $1,000,000 may be used only for Digital Flood
  Risk Infrastructure for Underserved Communities; and
               (2)  $150,000 may be used only for office space in
  Houston.
         N. Suspend Senate Rule 12.04 (5) to allow the Conference
  Committee to add an item of appropriation that is not in either
  version of the bill to read as follows; Suspend Senate Rule 12.03
  (4) to allow the Conference Committee to add text on any matter
  which is not included in either the House or Senate version of the
  bill to read as follows:
         SECTION 40.  TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY AND UNIVERSITY OF
  HOUSTON: INSTITUTIONAL ENHANCEMENTS. The amount of $100,000,000
  is appropriated from money received by this state from the
  Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund (42 U.S.C. Section 802)
  established under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Pub. L.
  No. 117-2) and deposited to the credit of the Coronavirus Relief
  Fund No. 325 for institutional enhancement during the two-year
  period beginning on the effective date of this Act to the
  following entities and in the following amounts:
               (1)  $50,000,000 to Texas Tech University; and
               (2)  $50,000,000 to the University of Houston.
         O. Suspend Senate Rule 12.04 (5) to allow the Conference
  Committee to add an item of appropriation that is not in either
  version of the bill to read as follows; Suspend Senate Rule 12.03
  (4) to allow the Conference Committee to add text on any matter
  which is not included in either the House or Senate version of the
  bill to read as follows:
         SECTION 41.  COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS: TEXAS SAFE
  KEEPING TRUST FUND. (a) The amount of $100,000,000 is
  appropriated to the comptroller of public accounts from money
  received by this state from the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery
  Fund (42 U.S.C. Section 802) established under the American
  Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Pub. L. No. 117-2) and deposited to the
  credit of the Coronavirus Relief Fund No. 325 for immediate
  deposit to an account or fund to be managed by the Texas Treasury
  Safekeeping Trust Company as trustee for the benefit of the State
  Preservation Board to maintain the Bob Bullock State History
  Museum.
         (b)  If an appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this
  section for any reason is determined by the United States
  Department of the Treasury or any other qualified state or
  federal authority to have been made for an improper use:
               (1)  the appropriated money may not be spent and
  shall be retained in the treasury and available for later
  legislative appropriation; and
               (2)  an amount equal to the amount of the
  appropriation that was determined to have been made for an
  improper use is appropriated from the general revenue fund to the
  comptroller of public accounts for the purpose described by
  Subsection (a) of this section.
         P. Suspend Senate Rule 12.04 (5) to allow the Conference
  Committee to add an item of appropriation that is not in either
  version of the bill to read as follows; Suspend Senate Rule 12.03
  (4) to allow the Conference Committee to add text on any matter
  which is not included in either the House or Senate version of the
  bill to read as follows:
         SECTION 42.  PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT: TEXAS STATE
  AQUARIUM CENTER. The amount of $3,000,000 is appropriated to the
  Parks and Wildlife Department from money received by this state
  from the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund (42 U.S.C.
  Section 802) established under the American Rescue Plan Act of
  2021 (Pub. L. No. 117-2) and deposited to the credit of the
  Coronavirus Relief Fund No. 325 for the purpose of providing
  funding to the Texas State Aquarium Center for wildlife research
  during the two-year period beginning on the effective date of
  this Act.
         Q. Suspend Senate Rule 12.04 (5) to allow the Conference
  Committee to add an item of appropriation that is not in either
  version of the bill to read as follows; Suspend Senate Rule 12.03
  (4) to allow the Conference Committee to add text on any matter
  which is not included in either the House or Senate version of the
  bill to read as follows:
         SECTION 43.  UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN: MARINE
  SCIENCE INSTITUTE HOUSING REPLACEMENT. The amount of $3,000,000
  is appropriated to the University of Texas at Austin from money
  received by this state from the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery
  Fund (42 U.S.C. Section 802) established under the American
  Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Pub. L. No. 117-2) and deposited to the
  credit of the Coronavirus Relief Fund No. 325 for the purpose of
  providing funding for the Marine Science Institute student
  housing replacement for the two-year period beginning on the
  effective date of this Act.
         R. Suspend Senate Rule 12.04 (5) to allow the Conference
  Committee to add an item of appropriation that is not in either
  version of the bill to read as follows; Suspend Senate Rule 12.03
  (4) to allow the Conference Committee to add text on any matter
  which is not included in either the House or Senate version of the
  bill to read as follows:
         SECTION 44.  TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY: PROGRAM
  ENHANCEMENTS. The amount of $3,000,000 is appropriated to the
  Texas Education Agency from money received by this state from the
  Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund (42 U.S.C. Section 802)
  established under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Pub. L.
  No. 117-2) and deposited to the credit of the Coronavirus Relief
  Fund No. 325 for the purpose of providing funding for the big
  brothers and big sisters program technological staff
  enhancements for the two-year period beginning on the effective
  date of this Act.
         S. Suspend Senate Rule 12.04 (5) to allow the Conference
  Committee to add an item of appropriation that is not in either
  version of the bill to read as follows; Suspend Senate Rule 12.03
  (4) to allow the Conference Committee to add text on any matter
  which is not included in either the House or Senate version of the
  bill to read as follows:
         SECTION 45.  UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN: BRISCOE
  GARNER MUSEUM. The amount of $235,000 is appropriated to the
  University of Texas at Austin from money received by this state
  from the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund (42 U.S.C.
  Section 802) established under the American Rescue Plan Act of
  2021 (Pub. L. No. 117-2) and deposited to the credit of the
  Coronavirus Relief Fund No. 325 to the University of Texas at
  Austin for the Briscoe Garner Museum for the two-year period
  beginning on the effective date of this Act.
         T. Suspend Senate Rule 12.04 (5) to allow the Conference
  Committee to add an item of appropriation that is not in either
  version of the bill to read as follows; Suspend Senate Rule 12.03
  (4) to allow the Conference Committee to add text on any matter
  which is not included in either the House or Senate version of the
  bill to read as follows:
         SECTION 46.  HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD: RURAL
  VETERINARIANS GRANT PROGRAM. The amount of $1,000,000 is
  appropriated to the Higher Education Coordinating Board from
  money received by this state from the Coronavirus State Fiscal
  Recovery Fund (42 U.S.C. Section 802) established under the
  American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Pub. L. No. 117-2) and
  deposited to the credit of the Coronavirus Relief Fund No. 325
  for the purpose of providing funding for the rural veterinarians
  grant program for the two-year period beginning on the effective
  date of this Act.
         U. Suspend Senate Rule 12.04 (5) to allow the Conference
  Committee to add an item of appropriation that is not in either
  version of the bill to read as follows; Suspend Senate Rule 12.03
  (4) to allow the Conference Committee to add text on any matter
  which is not included in either the House or Senate version of the
  bill to read as follows:
         SECTION 47.  STATE PRESERVATION BOARD: MAINTENANCE AND
  CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. (a) The amount of $25,000,000 is
  appropriated to the State Preservation Board from money received
  by this state from the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund (42
  U.S.C. Section 802) established under the American Rescue Plan
  Act of 2021 (Pub. L. No. 117-2) and deposited to the credit of the
  Coronavirus Relief Fund No. 325 for the purpose of maintenance
  and capital improvement projects during the state fiscal
  biennium beginning September 1, 2021.
         (b)  The capital budget authority of the State
  Preservation Board in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th
  Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations
  Act), is increased by $25,000,000 for the appropriation made
  under Subsection (a) of this section.
         V. Suspend Senate Rule 12.03 (4) to allow the Conference
  Committee to add text on any matter which is not included in
  either the House or Senate version of the bill to read as follows:
         SECTION 48.  DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES AND
  HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: FEDERAL FUNDS FOR
  HOSPITALS. It is the intent of the Legislature that the
  Department of State Health Services and the Health and Human
  Services Commission, in distributing any money received from the
  Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund (42 U.S.C. Section 802)
  established under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Pub. L.
  No. 117-2) and deposited to the credit of the Coronavirus Relief
  Fund No. 325 distribute the money appropriated by this Act to
  entities that are subject to the hospital price transparency
  public disclosure requirements required by 45 C.F.R. Sections
  180.10 - 180.60 and, on implementation of rules adopted under the
  chapter, by Chapter 327, Health and Safety Code.
         W. Suspend Senate Rule 12.03 (4) to allow the Conference
  Committee to add text on any matter which is not included in
  either the House or Senate version of the bill to read as follows:
         SECTION 49.  REPORT ON FEDERAL FUNDS BY LEGISLATIVE
  BUDGET BOARD. (a) The Legislative Budget Board, in consultation
  with the comptroller of public accounts, shall report on the
  board's Internet website:
               (1)  for each political subdivision in this state, an
  informational listing of any money appropriated by this Act and
  received by the subdivision; and
               (2)  for each state agency and each institution of
  higher education that receives money appropriated by this Act, an
  informational listing of the following:
                     (A)  the amount of money received by the agency
  or institution;
                     (B)  the federal legislation that authorized
  distribution of the money to the state, agency, or institution
  and the state legislation, if applicable, that appropriated the
  money to the agency or institution;
                     (C)  the amount of money spent by the agency or
  institution;
                     (D)  the allowable uses for which the agency or
  institution may spend money received by the agency or institution
  and the purposes for which the agency or institution has spent
  the money;
                     (E)  the amount of money received by the agency
  or institution:
                           (i)  that the agency or institution has
  not spent; and
                           (ii)  that the agency or institution may
  spend without further appropriation; and
                     (F)  the time during which money received by
  the agency or institution was spent by the agency or institution,
  including the remaining time in which the agency or institution
  may spend the money without further appropriation.
         (b)  This section does not apply to a hospital licensed
  under Chapter 241, Health and Safety Code, or a hospital owned
  and operated by this state.
         (c)  It is the intent of the legislature that information
  required to be provided in a report on the Legislative Budget
  Board's Internet website under Subsection (a) of this section
  must be updated not less than once during each fiscal quarter and
  once on the first day of each fiscal quarter that occurs on or
  after December 1, 2021, until at least December 1, 2028.
         X. Suspend Senate Rule 12.03 (4) to allow the Conference
  Committee to add text on any matter which is not included in
  either the House or Senate version of the bill to read as follows:
         SECTION 50.  LEGISLATIVE INTENT REGARDING
  APPROPRIATIONS. (a) It is the intent of the legislature that the
  appropriations made by this Act:
               (1)  are one-time appropriations made for the
  purpose of addressing the needs of this state for the two-year
  period beginning on the effective date of this Act; and
               (2)  be used:
                     (A)  only for purposes authorized by state and
  federal law, including guidance issued by the United States
  Department of the Treasury in 86 Fed. Reg. 26786 (May 17, 2021);
  and
                     (B)  before all other methods of finance, if
  more than one method of finance is available for the applicable
  purpose.
         (b)  Except as specifically provided otherwise by this
  Act, it is the intent of the legislature that, if the United
  States Department of the Treasury or any other qualified state or
  federal authority determines that an appropriation made by this
  Act has been made for an improper use, the appropriated money not
  be spent and shall be retained in the treasury and available for
  later legislative appropriation.
         Y. Suspend Senate Rule 12.03 (4) to allow the Conference
  Committee to add text on any matter which is not included in
  either the House or Senate version of the bill to read as follows:
         SECTION 51.  APPROPRIATION AUTHORITY UNDER FEDERAL LAW.
  The appropriations made under Sections 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,
  12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28,
  29, 30, 31, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, and
  47 of this Act using money received by this state from the
  Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund (42 U.S.C. Section 802)
  established under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Pub. L.
  No. 117-2) are made in accordance with 42 U.S.C. Section
  802(c)(1)(C), which allows money from the Coronavirus State
  Fiscal Recovery Fund to be used to provide government services to
  the extent of a reduction in the revenue of a state government
  caused by the COVID-19 public health emergency relative to
  revenues collected in the most recent full fiscal year of the
  state government that ended before that emergency.
 
 
    _______________________________ 
        President of the Senate
     
         I hereby certify that the
    above Resolution was adopted by
    the Senate on October 18, 2021,
    by the following vote:  Yeas 31,
  Nays 0.
   
   
    _______________________________ 
        Secretary of the Senate