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Amend CSSB 1648 as follows:
(1) In SECTION 2 of the bill following added Section
1022.103, Health and Safety Code (page 3, between lines 65 and 66),
insert the following:
Sec. 1022.104. FUNDING. (a) The legislature may not
appropriate money from the general revenue fund to pay for the cost
of the services provided under this subchapter.
(b) The services provided under this subchapter may be
funded by gifts, grants, or reimbursement payments from federal and
private sources.
(c) Not later than December 1 of each odd-numbered year, the
comptroller, in consultation with the department, shall estimate
the amounts available from federal and private sources for
provision of services under this subchapter. The comptroller shall
report the estimate to the governor and the Legislative Budget
Board, and shall include recommendations and related policies that
would enhance funding for services provided under this subchapter.
(d) This section expires January 1, 2015.
(2) In SECTION 8 of the bill (page 6, line 47), between
"SECTION 8." and "This", insert "(a)".
(3) In SECTION 8 of the bill (page 6, between lines 50 and
51) insert the following:
(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), this Act may take
effect without regard to whether a specific appropriation
prohibited by Section 1022.104, Health and Safety Code, as added by
this Act, is made.