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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the appropriations of money from the economic |
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stabilization fund for the 2014-2015 state fiscal biennium. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. FOUNDATION SCHOOL PROGRAM. In addition to other |
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amounts appropriated to the Texas Education Agency for all or part |
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of the state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2013, the |
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amount of $4,000,000,000 is appropriated for that biennium from the |
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economic stabilization fund to the agency for the Foundation School |
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Program under Chapter 42, Education Code. |
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SECTION 2. TEXAS GRANT PROGRAM. In addition to other |
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amounts appropriated to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating |
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Board for all or part of the state fiscal biennium beginning |
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September 1, 2013, the amount of $500,000,000 is appropriated for |
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that biennium from the economic stabilization fund to the board for |
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the Toward Excellence, Access, & Success (TEXAS) grant program |
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under Subchapter M, Chapter 56, Education Code. |
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SECTION 3. MEDICAID EXPANSION. In addition to other |
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amounts appropriated to the Health and Human Services Commission |
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for all or part of the state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, |
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2013, the amount of $50,400,000 is appropriated for that biennium |
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from the economic stabilization fund to the commission for purposes |
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of expanding eligibility for the Medicaid program to all persons |
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who apply for assistance through the program and for whom federal |
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matching funds are available under the Patient Protection and |
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Affordable Care Act (Pub. L. No. 111-148) as amended by the Health |
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Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Pub. L. No. 111-152) |
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to provide that assistance. |
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SECTION 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect |
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immediately, but only if it receives a vote of two-thirds of the |
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members present in each house of the legislature, as provided by |
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Section 49-g(m), Article III, Texas Constitution. |