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Amend CSSB 1 (house committee printing), in Article II of the bill, following the appropriations to the Health and Human Services Commission (page II-102), by adding the following appropriately numbered rider:
____.  Interagency Grant and Resource Coordination to Improve Service Delivery to Children and Families. (a) In addition to other amounts appropriated to the Health and Human Services Commission by this article, the amount of $150,000 is appropriated to the Health and Human Services Commission for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2015, to facilitate cross-agency grant and resource coordination aimed at improving service delivery to and outcomes for children and families.
(b)  The amount of general revenue appropriated to the Department of Family and Protective Services, Texas Education Agency, Department of State Health Services, Department of Aging and Disability Services, and Texas Juvenile Justice Department shall be reduced by $30,000 each for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2015.
(c)  The Texas Juvenile Justice Department shall determine the manner of accomplishing the reduction required by this section for the department. The Texas Education Agency shall determine the manner of accomplishing the reduction required by this section for the agency. The executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall determine the manner of accomplishing the reduction required by this section for the Department of Family and Protective Services, Department of State Health Services, and Department of Aging and Disability Services.