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	Amend CSSB 1 by adding the following appropriately numbered 
rider following the Article V appropriations for the Department of 
Criminal Justice (page V-27):
	____.  Permian Basin Mental Health Deputy Program.  Out of the 
funds appropriated above in Strategy B.1.1, Special Needs Projects, 
up to $280,000 per fiscal year shall be used to provide grants to 
counties in the Permian Basin to establish the Permian Basin Mental 
Health Deputy Program.  The Permian Basin Mental Health Deputy 
Program shall provide funding for two deputies in both Ector and 
Midland Counties.  The deputies shall promote the diversion of 
mentally ill individuals from incarceration and facilitate 
assessments for appropriate treatment.