Amend SB 865 (house committee printing) by adding the 
following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and 
renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  Section 501.014(e), Government Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(e)  On notification by a court, the department shall 
withdraw from an inmate's account any amount the inmate is ordered 
to pay by order of the court under this subsection.  On receipt of a 
valid court order requiring an inmate to pay child support, the 
department shall withdraw the appropriate amount from the inmate's 
account under this subsection, regardless of whether the court 
order is provided by the court or another person.  The department 
shall make a payment under this subsection as ordered by the court 
to either the court or the party specified in the court order.  The 
department is not liable for withdrawing or failing to withdraw 
money or making payments or failing to make payments under this 
subsection.  The department shall make withdrawals and payments 
from an inmate's account under this subsection according to the 
following schedule of priorities:
		(1)  as payment in full for all orders for child 
support;                   
		(2)  as payment in full for all orders for restitution;                       
		(3)  as payment in full for all orders for 
reimbursement of the Health and [Texas Department of] Human 
Services Commission for financial assistance provided for the 
child's health needs under Chapter 31, Human Resources Code, to a 
child of the inmate;
		(4)  as payment in full for all orders for court fees 
and costs;            
		(5)  as payment in full for all orders for fines;  and                        
		(6)  as payment in full for any other court order, 
judgment, or writ.