Floor Packet Page No. 198                                                   

	
Amend CSSB 1 in Article XI of the bill by inserting the 
following rider after the Article XI items for the Health and Human 
Services Commission:
	CHIP Mental Health Benefits.  (a)  For the state fiscal 
biennium beginning September 1, 2005, in addition to other amounts 
appropriated by this Act, the Health and Human Services Commission 
is appropriated from the Economic Stabilization Fund the amount 
needed to provide mental health services under the children's 
health insurance program under Chapter 62, Health and Safety Code, 
at a level and in a manner that provides significantly more benefits 
with significantly less stringent eligibility criteria compared to 
the level and manner at and in which those services were provided 
under the children's health insurance program during the state 
fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2005.
	(b)  The provisions of this rider that make appropriations 
out of the Economic Stabilization Fund take effect only if this Act 
receives the vote required by Section 49-g, Article III, Texas 
Constitution.