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Amend CSHB 1 in Article II of the bill following the appropriations to the Department of State Health Services by adding the following appropriately numbered rider and renumbering subsequent riders accordingly:
____. Allocation for HIV Medication for Certain Inmates in County Jails. (a) Out of the federal funds received under the federal Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program and 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, 2017, $896,400 for the purpose of providing HIV medication to outbound inmates in the Harris County jail.
(b)  The department may not reduce the amount of money provided to Harris County under any other strategy in Goal A, Preparedness and Prevention, in order to provide the funds allocated under Subsection (a) of this section.