By:  Pitts                                                        H.B. No. 111


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain supplemental state appropriations for deferred payments. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. DEFINITION. A reference in this Act to a numbered strategy is a reference to the numbered strategy for the appropriate agency in Chapter 1369, Acts of the 79th Legislature, Regular Session, 2005 (the General Appropriations Act). SECTION 2. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: APPROPRIATION FOR MEDICAID MANAGED CARE. In addition to amounts previously appropriated for this purpose for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2007, the following amounts are appropriated to the Health and Human Services Commission under Strategy B.1.4, Children and Medically Needy, for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2007, for the purpose of providing services under the state Medicaid program: (1) the amount of $52,700,000 out of the general revenue fund; and (2) the amount of $81,900,000 in federal matching funds. SECTION 3. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: APPROPRIATION FOR CHILDREN'S HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM. In addition to amounts previously appropriated for this purpose for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2007, the following amounts are appropriated to the Health and Human Services Commission under Strategy C.1.1, CHIP, for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2007, for the purpose of providing services related to the Children's Health Insurance Program: (1) the amount of $5,000,000 out of the general revenue fund; and (2) the amount of $12,900,000 in federal matching funds. SECTION 4. DEPARTMENT OF AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES: APPROPRIATION FOR MENTAL RETARDATION COMMUNITY SERVICES. (a) In addition to amounts previously appropriated for this purpose for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2007, the amount of $5,300,000 is appropriated to the Department of Aging and Disability Services under Strategy A.4.3, Mental Retardation Community Services, out of the general revenue fund for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2007, for the purpose of providing payments to mental retardation community centers. (b) In addition to amounts previously appropriated for this purpose for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2007, the amount of $200,000 is appropriated to the Department of Aging and Disability Services under Strategy A.4.4, Mental Retardation Community Services Residential, out of the general revenue fund for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2007, for the purpose of providing payments to mental retardation community centers. SECTION 5. DEPARTMENT OF AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES: APPROPRIATION FOR VARIOUS SERVICES. In addition to amounts previously appropriated for these purposes for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2007, the amount of $140,000,000 is appropriated to the Department of Aging and Disability Services out of the general revenue fund and the amount of $220,800,000 in federal matching funds is appropriated to that agency. The appropriations made under this section are for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2007, for the purpose of providing long-term care services under the following strategies: (1) A.2.1, Primary Home Care; (2) A.2.2, Community Attendant Services; (3) A.2.3, Day Activity and Health Services; (4) A.3.1, Community-Based Alternatives; (5) A.3.2, Home and Community-Based Services; (6) A.3.3, Community Living Assistance (CLASS); (7) A.6.1, Nursing Facility Payments; (8) A.6.2, Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility; (9) A.6.3, Hospice; (10) A.6.4, Promoting Independence Services; and (11) A.7.1, Intermediate Care Facilities - Mental Retardation. SECTION 6. DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES: FOSTER CARE PAYMENTS. In addition to amounts previously appropriated for this purpose for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2007, the following amounts are appropriated to the Department of Family and Protective Services under Strategy A.2.10, Foster Care Payments, for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2007, for the purpose of making foster care payments for the month of August: (1) the amount of $12,400,000 out of the general revenue fund; (2) the amount of $11,600,000 in federal matching funds; and (3) the amount of $10,300,000 in federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) funds. SECTION 7. TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY: FOUNDATION SCHOOL PROGRAM ENTITLEMENT PAYMENTS. (a) In addition to amounts previously appropriated for this purpose for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2007, the amount of $800,000,000 is appropriated out of General Revenue Account No. 193 (Foundation School Fund) to the Texas Education Agency for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2007, for the purpose of making yearly entitlement payments as prescribed by Section 42.259, Education Code. (b) This section takes effect only if an Act of the 79th Legislature: (1) amends Section 42.259, Education Code, to require that the last payment of yearly entitlement payments to category 2 and category 3 school districts made under that section be made in August of the calendar year after the calendar year in which the first payment is made; and (2) becomes law in time to require an entitlement payment to those school districts in August 2007. SECTION 8. REPEALER. The following riders to Chapter 1369, Acts of the 79th Legislature, Regular Session, 2005 (the General Appropriations Act), are repealed: (1) Rider 66 following the appropriations to the Health and Human Services Commission; (2) Rider 21 following the appropriations to the Department of Aging and Disability Services; (3) Rider 48 following the appropriations to the Department of Aging and Disability Services; and (4) Rider 25 following the appropriations to the Department of Family and Protective Services. SECTION 9. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the legislative session.