By Junell H.B. No. 1333
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to making emergency appropriations.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH: HIGHER THAN EXPECTED
1-5 MEDICAID COSTS AND LESS FAVORABLE FEDERAL PERCENTAGE MATCH RATE.
1-6 (a) The unencumbered amounts listed below that were appropriated
1-7 by Chapter 1589, Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session,
1-8 1999 (the General Appropriations Act), from the general revenue
1-9 fund to the respective agencies for one or both fiscal years of the
1-10 fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2001, totalling $333,887,000, are
1-11 transferred to the Texas Department of Health for the remainder of
1-12 the fiscal year ending August 31, 2001, for the purpose of
1-13 providing services under the state Medicaid program:
1-14 (1) various agencies identified by the comptroller of
1-15 public accounts ...................................... $154,700,000
1-16 (2) the Texas Education Agency for student success
1-17 ...................................................... $ 10,200,000
1-18 (3) the Texas Education Agency that may be spent for
1-19 the Foundation School Program, from recovery of fiscal year 2000
1-20 overpayments to school districts ..................... $100,000,000
1-21 (4) the Texas Public Finance Authority that may be
1-22 spent for bond debt service, appropriated in Article II of the
1-23 General Appropriations Act ........................... $ 2,000,000
1-24 (5) the Texas Public Finance Authority that may be
2-1 spent for bond debt service, appropriated in Article V of the
2-2 General Appropriations Act ........................... $ 14,000,000
2-3 (6) the State Soil and Water Conservation Board that
2-4 may be spent for financial and technical assistance .. $ 2,000,000
2-5 (7) the State Soil and Water Conservation Board that
2-6 may be spent for pollution abatements ................ $ 400,000
2-7 (8) the Texas Historical Commission that may be spent
2-8 for archeological protection ......................... $ 500,000
2-9 (9) the Texas Historical Commission that may be spent
2-10 for the evaluation and interpretation of resources ... $ 500,000
2-11 (10) The University of Texas at Austin that may be
2-12 spent for the TxPharm program ........................ $ 478,000
2-13 (11) Texas Southern University that may be spent for
2-14 the TxPharm program .................................. $ 549,000
2-15 (12) the University of Houston that may be spent for
2-16 the TxPharm program .................................. $ 460,000
2-17 (13) the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
2-18 that may be spent for Texas Excellence access and success grants
2-19 ...................................................... $ 39,000,000
2-20 (14) the Texas Education Agency for support programs
2-21 ...................................................... $ 1,100,000
2-22 (15) the Texas Education Agency for improving educator
2-23 performance .......................................... $ 8,000,000
2-24 (b) Contingent on S.B. 848 being enacted by the 77th
2-25 Legislature in Regular Session and becoming law, the sum of
2-26 $99,000,000, originally derived as interest from the suspense
2-27 account of the comptroller of public accounts as described by S.B.
3-1 848, is appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Texas
3-2 Department of Health for the remainder of the fiscal year ending
3-3 August 31, 2001, for the purpose of providing services under the
3-4 state Medicaid program.
3-5 (c) From the amounts appropriated by Chapter 396, Acts of
3-6 the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999 (Senate Bill No. 4),
3-7 from the general revenue fund to the Texas Education Agency for one
3-8 or both fiscal years of the fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2001,
3-9 that may be spent for various purposes, the unencumbered amount of
3-10 $47,500,000 is transferred to the Texas Department of Health for
3-11 the remainder of the fiscal year ending August 31, 2001, for the
3-12 purpose of providing services under the state Medicaid program.
3-13 (d) Funds described by Subsections (a), (b), and (c) of this
3-14 section may be expended only for the purpose described by
3-15 Subsections (a), (b), and (c) of this section and only if:
3-16 (1) Medicaid expenditures exceed otherwise available
3-17 revenue because of changes in caseloads and costs or a lower
3-18 federal match rate; and
3-19 (2) the Texas Department of Health has used all
3-20 revenue available to the Medicaid program, including but not
3-21 limited to premium credits and vendor drug rebates.
3-22 (e) The unexpended balance of funds described by Subsections
3-23 (a), (b), and (c) of this section remaining at the end of the state
3-24 fiscal year that ends August 31, 2001, is appropriated from the
3-25 general revenue fund to the Texas Department of Health for the
3-26 state fiscal year beginning September 1, 2001, for the purpose of
3-27 providing services under the state Medicaid program, but the
4-1 amounts appropriated by this subsection may be expended by the
4-2 department only with the prior approval of the Legislative Budget
4-3 Board.
4-4 SECTION 2. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE: CAPACITY;
4-5 CAREER LADDER ADJUSTMENTS. (a) The unencumbered amounts listed
4-6 below that were appropriated by Chapter 1589, Acts of the 76th
4-7 Legislature, Regular Session, 1999 (the General Appropriations
4-8 Act), from the general revenue fund to the respective agencies for
4-9 one or both fiscal years of the fiscal biennium ending August 31,
4-10 2001, totalling $66,519,000, are transferred to the Texas
4-11 Department of Criminal Justice for the remainder of the fiscal year
4-12 ending August 31, 2001, with $30,819,000 of that amount transferred
4-13 for the purpose of providing for expenditures relating to the
4-14 operation of additional prison capacity and to contracts with
4-15 counties for additional temporary capacity, and $35,700,000 of that
4-16 amount transferred for the purpose of providing for expenditures
4-17 relating to correctional officer, sergeant, and food service and
4-18 laundry manager career ladder salary adjustments:
4-19 (1) various agencies identified by the comptroller of
4-20 public accounts ...................................... $ 33,377,000
4-21 (2) the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission
4-22 that may be spent for water resource assessment and planning
4-23 ...................................................... $ 1,400,000
4-24 (3) the Texas Youth Commission that may be spent for
4-25 various purposes ..................................... $ 1,000,000
4-26 (4) the Office of Court Administration that may be
4-27 spent for the Judicial Committee on Information Technology
5-1 ...................................................... $ 1,000,000
5-2 (5) the Department of Information Resources in Article
5-3 IX that may be spent for Year 2000 Conversion ........ $ 12,800,000
5-4 (6) the State Preservation Board that may be spent for
5-5 various purposes ..................................... $ 6,500,000
5-6 (7) the Comptroller of Public Accounts, Fiscal
5-7 Programs, that may be spent for Tort Claims & Federal Court
5-8 Judgments ............................................ $ 5,000,000
5-9 (8) the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission
5-10 for various purposes for which the commission received an
5-11 appropriation from general revenue ................... $ 5,442,000
5-12 (b) In addition to amounts previously appropriated for the
5-13 current fiscal biennium, the sum of $2,781,000 is appropriated from
5-14 the criminal justice planning account to the Texas Department of
5-15 Criminal Justice for the remainder of the fiscal year ending August
5-16 31, 2001, for the purpose of providing for expenditures relating to
5-17 the operation of additional prison capacity and to contracts with
5-18 counties for additional temporary capacity.
5-19 (c) In addition to amounts previously appropriated for the
5-20 current fiscal biennium, the sum of $41,000,000 is appropriated
5-21 from the fugitive apprehension account to the Texas Department of
5-22 Criminal Justice for the remainder of the fiscal year ending August
5-23 31, 2001, for the purpose of providing for expenditures relating to
5-24 the operation of additional prison capacity and to contracts with
5-25 counties for additional temporary capacity.
5-26 SECTION 3. STATE OFFICE OF RISK MANAGEMENT: PAYMENT OF
5-27 WORKERS' COMPENSATION CLAIMS. From the amounts appropriated by
6-1 Chapter 1589, Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999
6-2 (the General Appropriations Act), from the general revenue fund for
6-3 one or both fiscal years of the fiscal biennium ending August 31,
6-4 2001, to the Office of the Governor that may be spent for disaster
6-5 grants and emergency and deficiency grants, the unencumbered amount
6-6 of $13,000,000 is transferred to the State Office of Risk
6-7 Management for the purpose of paying higher than expected workers'
6-8 compensation claims.
6-9 SECTION 4. TEXAS REHABILITATION COMMISSION: PROVISION OF
6-10 REHABILITATION SERVICES. In addition to amounts previously
6-11 appropriated for the current fiscal biennium, the sum of $5,000,000
6-12 is appropriated from the comprehensive rehabilitation account to
6-13 the Texas Rehabilitation Commission for the remainder of the fiscal
6-14 year ending August 31, 2001, for the purposes provided by Section
6-15 111.052, Human Resources Code.
6-16 SECTION 5. TEXAS NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION COMMISSION:
6-17 PURPOSES FOR WHICH GENERAL REVENUE HAS BEEN APPROPRIATED. In
6-18 addition to amounts previously appropriated for the current fiscal
6-19 biennium, the sum of $5,442,000 is appropriated from the low-level
6-20 radioactive waste account to the Texas Natural Resource
6-21 Conservation Commission for the remainder of the fiscal year ending
6-22 August 31, 2001, for any necessary purposes for which the
6-23 commission received an appropriation from general revenue for the
6-24 fiscal year ending August 31, 2001.
6-25 SECTION 6. CERTAIN APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING
6-26 SEPTEMBER 1, 2001. The following amounts are appropriated from the
6-27 general revenue fund to the listed agencies for the described
7-1 purposes for the state fiscal year beginning September 1, 2001:
7-2 (1) $2,781,375 to the Office of the Governor for the
7-3 purposes for which the criminal justice planning account may be
7-4 appropriated;
7-5 (2) $13,000,000 to the Office of the Governor for the
7-6 purpose of making emergency and deficiency grants and disaster
7-7 grants;
7-8 (3) $5,000,000 to the Texas Rehabilitation Commission
7-9 for the purposes for which the comprehensive rehabilitation account
7-10 may be appropriated;
7-11 (4) $39,000,000 to the Texas Higher Education
7-12 Coordinating Board for the purpose of making Texas Excellence
7-13 access and success grants;
7-14 (5) $500,000 to the Texas Historical Commission for
7-15 archeological heritage protection;
7-16 (6) $500,000 to the Texas Historical Commission to
7-17 evaluate and interpret resources;
7-18 (7) $6,500,000 to the State Preservation Board for the
7-19 purpose of implementing Chapter 443, Government Code; and
7-20 (8) $1,000,000 to the Office of Court Administration
7-21 for the Judicial Committee on Information Technology.
7-22 SECTION 7. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect
7-23 immediately.