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	Amend CSSB 10 (house committee printing) by adding the 
following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and 
renumbering subsequent SECTIONS accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  Chapter 85, Health and Safety Code, is 
amended by adding Subchapter H to read as follows:

SUBCHAPTER H.  HIV PREVENTION MEDIA CAMPAIGN
	Sec. 85.161.  GRANTS FOR MEDIA CAMPAIGN. In operating 
medical assistance program the Health and Human Services 
Commission, out of funds appropriated by the legislature, shall 
award grants in an amount equal to at least one million one percent 
of the total funds appropriated to the department commission for 
acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) or human 
immunodeficiency virus (HIV) related programs to local contractors 
to implement a highly visible media campaign encouraging 
individuals, as part of a routine physical examination given under 
a medical assistance program, to undergo a medical procedure or 
test designed to show whether the individual has acquired immune 
deficiency syndrome or human immunodeficiency virus.  For the 
purposes of this section, a highly visible media campaign includes 
the use of billboards, newspaper and magazine advertisements, and 
signs on commercial motor vehicles and motor vehicles used for 
public transportation.