Floor Packet Page No. 27
      Amend CSSB 1 as follows:
      (1) Under the Article II appropriation to the Department of
Human Services (page II-69), add the following appropriately
numbered rider:
      NURSING FACILITY BEDS FOR MEDICAID ELIGIBLE VETERANS.
Contingent upon a request from the Texas Veterans Land Board, it is
the intent of the Legislature that the Department of Human Services
create a program for Medicaid-eligible veterans that will enable
those individuals to be placed in State Veterans Homes. It is
further the intent of the Legislature that the department amend its
nursing facility bed allocation rules to create sufficient
certified beds to accomodate the requirements of such a program.