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On page V-XX of CSHB 1, add the following rider:
X. Contingency Rider for the Creation of the Juvenile Justice Department. Contingent upon the passage and enactment of SB 653, relating to the creation of the Juvenile Justice Department, or similar legislation, by the Eighty-second Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, all funds appropriated herein to the Texas Youth Commission and Juvenile Probation Commission are to be transferred to the Juvenile Justice Department in the following bill pattern:
2012 2013
A. Goal: Community Juvenile Justice
A.1.1. Community Supervision
$ XX XX
A.1.2. Post-adjudication Facilities
XX XX
A.1.3. Juvenile Justice Alternative Education Programs
XX XX
A.2.1. Training and Certification
XX XX
A.2.2. Monitoring and Inspections
XX XX
Total Goal A: Community Juvenile Justice
$ XX XX

B. Goal: State Services and Facilities
B.1.1. Assessment and Orientation
$ XX XX
B.1.2. Facility Operations
XX XX
B.1.3. Education
XX XX
B.1.4. Halfway House Operations
XX XX
B.1.5. Health Care
XX XX
B.1.6. Mental Health (Psychiatric) Care
XX XX
B.1.7. General Rehabilitation Treatment
XX XX
B.1.8. Specialized Rehabilitation Treatment
XX XX
B.1.9. Contract Capacity
XX XX
B.1.10. Parole Services
XX XX
B.2.1. Office of the Inspector General
XX XX
B.2.2. Office of the Independent Ombudsman
XX XX
B.2.3. Health Care Oversight
XX XX
B.2.4. Interstate Agreement
XX XX
Total Goal B: State Service and Facilities
$ XX XX

C. Goal: Indirect Administration
C.1.1. Central Administration
$ XX XX
C.1.2. Information Resources
XX XX
Total Goal B: State Service and Facilities
$ XX XX

The Legislative Budget Board and the Governor's Office of Budget, Planning and Policy, shall work together to perfect the bill pattern of the consolidated agency, ensuring that it reflects the above structure.
The riders included in the bill patterns of the Juvenile Probation Commission and the Texas Youth Commission are to be added to the bill pattern of the consolidated Juvenile Justice Department, with all references to either the Juvenile Probation Commission or the Texas Youth Commission replaced with the Juvenile Justice Department, with the addition of the following riders:
A.