Amend the amendment by Representative Villarreal on page 194 
of the CSHB 1 Prefiled Amendment Packet to add the following after 
line 28:
	Add the following rider in Article VIII, numbered 
appropriately, following the Article VIII riders concerning the 
Texas Department of Insurance:
	____. WORKERS COMPENSATION APPEALS FOR FEE AND MEDICAL 
NECESSITY DISPUTES. (a). Contingent upon enactment of HB 724, or 
similar legislation by the Eightieth Legislature, the Texas 
Department of Insurance and the Office of Injured Employee Counsel 
is hereby appropriated all funds necessary out of the General 
Revenue Dedicated-Texas Department of Insurance Operating Fund No. 
036, to cover the cost of appeals of medical disputes handled either 
through the State Office of Administrative Hearings (SOAH) or 
through the completion of contested case hearings (CCHs) by the 
Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation. 
(The Texas Department of Insurance estimated costs to be $1,963,555 
in fiscal year 2008 and $1,633,097 in fiscal year 2009, and is 
authorized 22.0 full time equivalents in each fiscal year of the 
2008-2009 biennium. The Office of Injured Employee Counsel 
additional estimated costs is $354,363 for fiscal year 2008 and 
$354,363 for fiscal year 2009 and is authorized 9.0 full time 
equivalents in each fiscal year of the 2008-2009 biennium).