Amend CSSB 1 (house committee report) as follows:

(1)  In Part 17, Article IX of the bill, in Section 17.07, in the informational listing for Baseline Border Security for the Department of Public Safety (page IX-79), strike "$294.4" and substitute "175.5".

(2)  Reduce the Article IX appropriations from the Economic Stabilization Fund to the Department of Public Safety for Border Security under Section 17.13, Part 17, Article IX (page IX-84), by the amount of $118,900,000 for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019.

(3)  In Article II of the bill, following the appropriations to the Health and Human Services Commission (page II-35), add the following appropriately numbered rider:

____. Additional Funds for Reimbursement Rates for Medicaid Acute Care Therapy Services. In addition to other funds appropriated by this Act, the amount of $118,900,000 is appropriated out of the Economic Stabilization Fund to the Health and Human Services Commission for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, for the purpose of restoring approximately half of the reductions made to reimbursement rates for Medicaid acute care therapy services during the 2016-17 state fiscal biennium. The commission is directed to allocate the restorations in the manner provided by Rider 212 to the appropriations to the commission.

(4)  Adjust totals and methods of financing accordingly.