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Amend CSSB 1, in Article II of the bill, by adding the
following appropriately numbered rider following the
appropriations to the Department of State Health Services:
____. Residential Treatment Center. Out of funds
appropriated in Strategy B.2.3, Community Mental Health Crisis
SVCS, the Department of State Health Services shall allocate
$1,500,000 in the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2010, and
$2,000,000 in the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2011, for the
development of a 16-bed residential treatment center for
individuals with mental illness in Harris County. A private
nonprofit mental health organization in Harris County shall
administer this program. The department may not reduce the
allocation of new or existing funds to the Mental Health and Mental
Retardation Authority of Harris County based on the allocation of
funds under this rider.