Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 3244 amends the Government Code to authorize, for Texas Department of Health cash-management purposes, the temporary transfer of appropriated available earnings from among the permanent funds for tobacco education and enforcement, children and public health, emergency medical services and trauma care, and community hospital capital improvement. The department may direct a transfer by the comptroller to pay, from one fund's earnings, certain obligations the department incurs in regard to another of the funds. Not later than the 90th day after the transfer, the department must direct the comptroller to return the money to the fund from which it was appropriated.