Amend CSSB 23 (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  USE OF TRAUMA AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES ACCOUNT TO FUND MEDICAID. Section 780.004, Health and Safety Code, is amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (j) to read as follows:

(a)  The commissioner:

(1)  [,] with advice and counsel from the chairpersons of the trauma service area regional advisory councils, shall use money appropriated from the account established under this chapter to fund designated trauma facilities, county and regional emergency medical services, and trauma care systems in accordance with this section; and

(2)  after consulting with the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission, shall transfer to an account in the general revenue fund money appropriated from the account established under this chapter to maximize the receipt of federal funds under the medical assistance program established under Chapter 32, Human Resources Code, and to fund provider reimbursement payments as provided by Subsection (j).