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	Amend CSHB 3618 on page 3, between lines 5 and 6, by inserting 
the following new SECTION, appropriately numbered, and renumbering 
the subsequent SECTIONS accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  Subchapter B, Chapter 38, Education Code, is 
amended by adding Section 38.0631 to read as follows:
	Sec. 38.0631.  GRANT-WRITING COORDINATION PROGRAM. (a) The 
Department of State Health Services shall employ one person as a 
grant writer to assist and coordinate with school districts located 
in the Texas-Mexico border region in obtaining grants and other 
funds for school-based health centers.
	(b)  A grant writer employed under this section may secure a 
grant or other funds on behalf of the state for a school-based 
health center.
	(c)  Funds obtained by the use of a grant writer employed 
under this section may be used only to:
		(1)  acquire, construct, or improve facilities for a 
school-based health center;
		(2)  purchase or lease equipment or materials for a 
school-based health center; or
		(3)  pay the salary or employment benefits of a person 
who is employed to work exclusively in a school-based health 
center.