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Amend CSSB 1 in Article II (Special Provisions) by adding the
following appropriately-numbered rider to read as follows and
renumbering any subsequent riders accordingly:
____. USE OF REVENUE FROM FREED-UP GENERAL REVENUE.
Contingent upon the state qualifying for additional federal relief
under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Pub. L.
No. 111-5) because of an increase in unemployment rates, the amount
of general revenue appropriated to each Article II agency under
"General Revenue Match for Medicaid" shall be reduced by the same
amount of additional federal relief received under Title V, State
Fiscal Relief (estimated to total $600,000,000). The estimated
amount of general revenue reduced is hereby appropriated in the
following order: (1) Contingent upon the enactment of legislation
or the adoption of agency rules to provide 12 months of continuous
Medicaid coverage to children, the amount of $294,000,000 is
appropriated to the Health and Human Services Commission out of the
general revenue fund for the fiscal biennium beginning on September
1, 2009, for that purpose; (2) Contingent upon the enactment of
legislation or the adoption of agency rules to provide a Medically
Needy program for adults, the amount of $44.3 million is
appropriated to the Health and Human Services Commission out of the
general revenue fund for the fiscal biennium beginning September 1,
2009, for that purpose; and (3) Any general revenue funds made
available under this rider that are remaining after fully funding
Subdivisions (1) and (2) are appropriated to the Texas Higher
Education Coordinating Board for distribution through formula
funding for the purpose of mitigating tuition increases.