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      Amend CSSB 1 as follows:
      (1) Under the Article II appropriation to the Health and
Human Services Commission (page II-54), add the following
appropriately numbered rider:
      Medicaid Provider Reimbursement.  From funds appropriated for
Medicaid physician and hospital outpatient rate increases in the
Medicaid program, the Health and Human Services Commission shall
establish a provider reimbursement methodology that recognizes and
rewards high volume Medicaid practitioners, especially those along
the Texas-Mexico border, where Medicaid funding is vital to the
health care delivery system.