Amend HB 3808 (senate committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Section 61.604, Education Code, is amended by adding Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows:
(d) The board may award a grant under this subchapter to a mental health professional described by Section 61.601(6) only in accordance with Subsection (e).
(e) If in a state fiscal year there are funds available for purposes of the program after funding grants to all eligible mental health professionals described by Subsections 61.601(1)-(5), the board may allocate any unused funds to award repayment assistance grants to mental health professionals in any of the professions listed in Section 61.601 except that priority must be given to awarding grants to mental health professionals described by Subsections 61.601(1)-(5). The limitations prescribed by Subsections (b) and (c) do not apply to grants awarded under this subsection.
SECTION ____. Section 61.608, Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) The board shall adopt rules establishing a process for allocating any unused funds under the program in a state fiscal year in accordance with Section 61.604(e).