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Amend CSHB 1, in Article XI, by adding the following
appropriately numbered rider:
____. Maximum Security Forensic Hospital. (a) In addition
to other amounts appropriated to the Department of State Health
Services in Article II, the following amounts are appropriated to
the department for construction and operation of a maximum security
forensic hospital at the San Antonio State Hospital or at an
alternative site designated by the department:
(1) $6,000,000 in general revenue is appropriated for
the state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2007, for
construction of a maximum security forensic facility on the site of
the San Antonio State Hospital; and
(2) $30,600,000 in general revenue is appropriated for
the state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2007, for
operational expenses related to inpatient treatment for the
severely and persistently mentally ill.
(b) The Department of State Health Services shall use funds
for the purposes specified by Subsection (a) of this section only to
the extent authorized by state law.