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.