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Amend CSHB 1 (house committee report) in Article II of the bill, following the bill pattern appropriations to the Department of State Health Services, by adding the following appropriately numbered rider:
____. Prohibition on Use of Appropriations for the Private Operation of a State Hospital. Funds appropriated by this Act to the Department of State Health Services may not, without approval from the Legislative Budget Board, be used:
(1) to solicit bids from a private entity for a private entity to operate a state hospital; or
(2) to pay a private entity to operate a state hospital.