Ament HB 1799 by striking SECTION 3 of the bill (committee
printing, page 1, lines 28-36) and substituting the following:
      SECTION 3.  Section 466.408(b), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
      (b)  If a claim is not made for prize money on or before the
180th day after the date on which the winner was selected, the
prize money shall be deposited to the credit of the Texas
Department of Health State-Owned Multi-categorial Teaching Hospital
Account or the Tertiary Care Facility Account, according to the
following provisions:
            (1)  No more than $40 million each biennium may be
deposited to or appropriated from the Texas Department of Health
State-Owned Multi-categorical Teaching Hospital Account, which is
an account in the general revenue fund.  Money in the account may
be appropriated to the department for the sole purpose of providing
reimbursement for indigent health care services.  The Department of
Health shall validate each claim submitted for reimbursement from
the account prior to making any payment for health care services;
            (2)  All prize money subject to this section in excess
of $40 million each biennium must be deposited to the Tertiary Care
Facility Account.  Money deposited in the Tertiary Care Facility
Account may only be appropriated to the Department for purposes
specified in Subtitle B, Title 2, Chapter 46, of the Health and
Safety Code. <used to provide additional money to the state lottery
account for the purposes prescribed by Section 466.355(b)(1)>.