Floor Packet Page No. 160                                                   

	
Amend CSHB 1 in Article II of the bill by adding the following 
appropriately numbered rider following the appropriations to the 
Texas Department of Health:
	__.  MEDICALLY FRAGILE CHILDREN.  It is the intent of the 
legislature that the Texas Department of Health provide appropriate 
general revenue funding in fiscal years 2004 and 2005 in strategy 
D.1.3, Special Needs Children, for programs specifically designed 
for medically fragile children, the most critical of the children 
with special health care needs.  These programs should match state 
funds with private funds and follow the guidelines and criteria 
developed through the pilot program for medically fragile children 
established and funded by Rider 57 to the appropriations made to the 
Department of Health during the 77th Legislature, Regular Session.