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Amend Amendment No. 136 by Solis to CSHB 1 (page 156, floor 
amendment packet) as follows:
	(1) On page 1, line 1, strike "Rider 58" and substitute "by 
striking Rider 37 following the appropriation to the Texas 
Department of Health and substituting the following:".
	(2) On page 1, strike lines 2 through 10, and substitute the 
following:      
	37. USE OF COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES FUNDS. It is the intent 
of the Legislature that not less than $7.0 million per year of the 
funds appropriated in Strategy D.2.1 be expended exclusively to 
sustain existing Federally Qualified Health Centers and to help 
create new Federal Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) in the 
following manner: Each year of the biennium $4.5 million shall be 
expended in grants to existing or new institutions seeking to 
become FQHCs for planning, grant writing, initial operating costs, 
and initial capitol costs.  Each year of the biennium $2.5 million 
shall be granted to the lending corpus of the Community Development 
Financial Institution, which exclusively finances FQHCs and 
institutions seeking to become FQHCs.  All other funds appropriated 
in Strategy D.2.1, Community Health Services, shall be used solely 
for the provision of direct primary care services through the 
continuation of the Primary Healthcare Program for existing FQHCs 
and non FQHCs, with the exception of $1,018,000 appropriated in the 
strategy for the Office of Minority Health and Parkland Senior 
Care.