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Amend CSSB 1 in Article II of the bill following the appropriations to the Department of State Health Services (page II-77) by adding the following appropriately numbered provision:
____. Allocation for HIV Medication in Certain Counties. (a) Out of the funds appropriated to the department above in Strategy A.2.2, HIV/STD Prevention, the department shall allocate, for each year of the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2015, $702,570 for the purpose of providing HIV medication to inmates in the Harris County jail and $134,626 for the purpose of providing HIV medication to inmates in the Travis County jail.
(b)  The department may not reduce the amount of money provided to Harris County or Travis County under any other strategy in Goal A, Preparedness and Prevention, in order to provide the funds allocated under Subsection (a) of this section.