Amend CSHB 2766 (house committee report) as follows:

(1)  Strike page 7, line 23, through page 8, line 7, and substitute the following:

242.705, Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act, until  an amendment to the state Medicaid plan that increases the rates paid to long-term care facilities licensed under Chapter 242, Health and Safety Code, for providing services under the state Medicaid program is approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services or another applicable federal government agency.

(2)  Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  The Health and Human Services Commission shall retroactively compensate long-term care facilities licensed under Chapter 242, Health and Safety Code, at the increased rate for services provided under the state Medicaid program:

(1)  beginning on the date the state Medicaid plan amendment is approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services or another applicable federal government agency; and

(2)  only for the period for which the reinvestment allowance has been imposed and collected pursuant to the approval described by Subdivision (1).