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	Amend the Coleman amendment to CSSB 1 (page 73, prefiled 
amendment packet) by striking all text from line 1 down and 
inserting the following text:
	Amend CSSB 1 in Article II on page II-91 by adding a new 
appropriately-numbered rider to read as follows:
	____.  12 MONTH CHILDREN'S MEDICAID CONTINUOUS ELIGIBILITY, 
MEDICALLY NEEDY PROGRAM AND TUITION MITIGATION.  Out of funds 
appropriated above in Goal B.  Medicaid, for the fiscal biennium 
beginning September 1, 2009, the Commission shall allocate the 
following amounts contingent upon the enactment of legislation or 
the adoption of agency rules:
		(1)  $296,000,000 for the purpose of providing 12 months 
of continuous Medicaid coverage for children; and
		(2)  $44,000,000 for the purpose of providing a 
Medically Needy Program for adults.
		(3)  Any general revenue funds made available under this 
rider that are remaining after fully funding Subsection (1) and (2) 
are appropriated to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board 
for distribution through formula funding for the purpose of 
mitigating tuition increases at nursing schools, medical schools 
and other health related programs.