Amend CSHB 1 as follows:

Amend Senate Committee Substitute for House Bill 1 by adding a provision to Article IX adjusting certain appropriations previously adopted in the preceding articles. This action includes the following for the 12-13 biennium:

●  Strike Art IX, Section 18.09 of Senate Committee Substitute to House Bill 1.

●  Add a new provision to Article IX reducing $1,250,000,000 in fiscal year 2013 General Revenue appropriations to Medicaid.

●  Add a new provision to Article IX making a 1.2% General Revenue Related appropriation reduction in fiscal year 2013 to state agencies and institutions of higher education, excepting the Foundation School Program, with restoration contingent on certification of additional revenue by the Comptroller of Public Accounts.

1.  In Article IX of Senate CSHB 1, strike Section 18.09 and renumber subsequent provisions accordingly.

2.  On page IX-71 of Senate CSHB 1, add the following new rider:

___.  Appropriations Reduction.  Reduce certain fiscal year 2013 General Revenue appropriations made for the purpose of funding the state Medicaid program elsewhere in this Act as follows:

a.  The Department of Aging and Disability Services is hereby reduced by $1,000,000,000; and

b.  The Health and Human Services Commission is hereby reduced by $250,000,000.

3.  On page IX-71 of Senate CSHB 1, add the following new rider:

___.  Reduction to State Appropriations.  General Revenue and General Revenue-Dedicated appropriations made elsewhere in this Act to state agencies and institutions of higher education, save for appropriations to the Foundation School Program, estimated to be $58,069,500,000 for the 2012-13 biennium, are hereby reduced by 1.2% proportional to each entity's level of appropriation herein. The total amount of reduction is estimated to be $690,000,000. The reduction shall be made to appropriations provided for fiscal year 2013. This reduction is subject to the following:

1)  Appropriations made for debt service shall not be subject to this provision.

2)  The Legislative Budget Board and the Comptroller of Public Accounts shall make a calculation of that total amount of reduction for each entity.

3)  State agencies and institutions of higher education are directed to take the following measures, as appropriate, to achieve this savings:

a)  Work with the Comptroller of Public Accounts to increase the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of procurement;

b)  Institute a freeze on employment, not filling vacant positions;

c)  Constrain or eliminate travel; and

d)  Otherwise manage fiscal and human resources to protect the core services of the agency or institution while operating under the limitations of this and other provisions of this Act.

Should the Comptroller of Public Accounts certify any general revenue receipts in excess of the amount of probable general revenue receipts for the biennium ending August 31, 2013 (stated in the Comptroller's Biennial Revenue Estimate for 2012-2013 and as revised by the Comptroller on March 13, 2011) and as further adjusted for estimates of revenue associated with legislation enacted by the 82nd Legislature, appropriations to the state agencies and institutions of higher education reduced in this section are hereby increased by a like amount not to exceed $690,000,000 in proportion to the reduction identified above.