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Floor Packet Page No. 196                                                   

	
Amend CSHB 1 as follows:                                                     
	(1) Under the Article II appropriation to the Department of 
Human Services (page II-__), add the following appropriately 
numbered rider:
	NURSING FACILITY BEDS FOR MEDICAID ELIGIBLE VETERANS.                          
	Contingent upon a request from the Texas Veterans Land Board, 
it is the intent of the Legislature that the Department of Human 
Services create a program for Medicaid-eligible veterans that will 
enable those individuals to be placed in State Veterans Homes.  It 
is further the intent of the Legislature that the department amend 
its nursing facility bed allocation rules to create sufficient 
certified beds to accommodate the requirements of such a program.