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Amend CSSB 1 in Part 13, Article IX, of the bill by adding the 
following appropriately numbered section:
	Sec. 13.___.  Contingency Rider: Personal Needs Allowance.  
(a)  This section is contingent on the enactment and becoming law of 
HB 24, or similar legislation of the 79th Legislature, Regular 
Session, 2005, that results in an increase in the personal needs 
allowance for certain Medicaid recipients who are residents of 
long-term care facilities to at least $75.
	(b)  Reduce the amount of general revenue appropriated to 
each of the following offices, agencies, or departments in each 
fiscal year of the biennium under this Act by an amount equal to 
five percent of the total amount of general revenue appropriated 
for the relevant fiscal year by this Act to the respective office, 
agency, or department:
		(1)  the office of the governor;                                              
		(2)  the senate;                                                              
		(3)  the house of representatives;                                            
		(4)  the office of the attorney general;                                      
		(5)  the General Land Office;                                                 
		(6)  the Department of Agriculture;                                           
		(7)  the Railroad Commission; and                                             
		(8)  the Supreme Court of Texas.                                              
	(c)  In addition to other amounts appropriated by this Act to 
the Health and Human Services Commission, increase the general 
revenue appropriations to the Health and Human Services Commission 
in each fiscal year of the biennium in an amount equal to the 
reductions for that relevant fiscal year made by Subsection (b) of 
this section to the general revenue appropriations to the offices, 
departments, or agencies listed in that subsection.  The Health and 
Human Services Commission shall use the appropriated revenue for 
the sole purpose of increasing the personal needs allowance 
described by Subsection (a) of this section to $75.
	(d)  Adjust totals and methods of financing appropriately.