Amend CSSB 1 (house committee printing) in Article II of the bill, following the appropriations to the Department of State Health Services (page II-17), by adding the following appropriately numbered rider and renumbering subsequent riders accordingly:

____.  End Stage Renal Disease Prevention Program. Out of funds appropriated above in Strategy A.3.1, Chronic Disease Prevention, the Department of State Health Services shall allocate $250,000 each fiscal year of the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, to improve the health outcomes and reduce the economic burdens of end stage renal disease using the end stage renal disease prevention model, the National Kidney Foundation's Love Your Kidneys. The department shall work in collaboration with the Texas Renal Coalition and other statewide partnerships to:

a.  educate the medical community and at-risk patients on the importance of early diagnosis and treatment of chronic kidney disease;

b.  prevent premature death from cardiovascular disease and other comorbid conditions; and

c.  delay progression to kidney failure necessitating expensive renal replacement therapy by dialysis or transplantation.