Amend SB 1 on third reading as follows:
      Under the Article II appropriation to the Health and Human
Services Commission (page II-54), add the following appropriately
numbered rider:
      MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT RATES FOR TEXAS STATE VETERANS HOMES.
It is the intent of the Legislature that the Health and Human
Services Commission, in consultation with the Texas Veterans Land
Board and pursuant to existing general law authority, should
develop Medicaid reimbursement rates for long-term care services
provided to Medicaid-eligible veterans who reside in veterans homes
established and operated pursuant to Chapter 164, Natural Resources
Code, that contract with the Texas Department of Human Services to
provide nursing facility services.