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Required Action
1) Replace the floor amendment to CSHB 1 by Chisum on page 38
with the following: Add the following rider to the bill pattern for
the Department of State Health Services in Article XI, numbering as
appropriate.
____. Family Planning Services at Federally Qualified Health
Centers. Out of funds appropriated in Strategy B.1.3, Family
Planning Services, up to $10,000,000 in each year of the 2008-09
biennium shall be set aside for family planning services provided
by Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs). The Department shall
implement this provision only to the extent that it will not have an
adverse affect on the number served by the family planning program,
especially counties where no FQHC is available. In addition, up to
$1,000,000 per year may be allocated to clinics for core family
planning services provided under the auspices of Baylor College of
Medicine. Funds will be allocated statewide to counties for family
planning services according to DSHS' annual assessment of
women-in-need and on the contractors' prior year compliance with
stated performance measures. Any funds not applied for and granted
to FQHCs each fiscal year shall be made available to non-FQHC
contractors. FQHCs funded under this strategy shall assure that
recipients receive comprehensive primary and preventive care in
addition to the family planning services. The Department of State
Health Services shall work with FQHC contractors to assure that
reporting requirements are aligned with FQHC eligibility, payment,
and reporting requirements.