Amend CSHB 1 (house committee printing) in Article III of the bill, following the appropriations to The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, by amending Rider 2 (Texas Heart Institute) to read as follows:

2. Texas Heart Institute. Out of the funds appropriated above, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston shall allocate up to $894,133 in each year of the 2012-13 biennium to the Texas Heart Institute for gene therapy and up to $399,086 in each year of the 2012-13 biennium to the Texas Heart Institute for cardiovascular research. The funds provided in Strategy E.2.1 for heart disease and stroke research shall be used only in connection with programs of the Texas Heart Institute.