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Amend CSHB 1 as follows:                                                     
	(1) Under the Article II appropriation to the Health and 
Human Services Commission (page II-__), add the following 
appropriately numbered rider:
	Medicaid Provider Reimbursement. From funds appropriated 
for Medicaid physician and hospital outpatient rate increases in 
the Medicaid program, the Health and Human Services Commission 
shall establish a provider reimbursement methodology that 
recognizes and rewards high volume Medicaid practitioners, 
especially those along the Texas-Mexico border, where Medicaid 
funding is vital to the health care deliver system.