Amend CSSB 1 (house committee printing) in Article II of the bill following the appropriations to the Health and Human Services Commission (page II-79) by adding the following appropriately numbered provision:

____. Texas System of Care Consortium. (a) Out of funds appropriated to the Health and Human Services Commission above in Strategy A.1.1, Enterprise Oversight & Policy, for each fiscal year the commission shall pay a Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) employee to maintain an interagency consortium composed of persons as provided by Section 531.251, Government Code, to develop and oversee local mental health systems of care for minors, as provided by that section, to make recommendations to the legislature and appropriate state agencies regarding the provision of mental health services and supports to minors, and to oversee planning, promotion, and implementation activities of the consortium.

(b)  The maximum number of allowable FTEs for the Health and Human Services Commission otherwise specified by this Act is increased by 1 FTE for each year of the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2015.