Amend CSSB 1 (house committee report) in Article II of the bill, following the appropriations to the Health and Human Services Commission, in Rider 36, Medicaid Funding Reduction and Cost Containment (page II-52), by adding the following appropriately lettered subsection to the end of that rider:

____.  The executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall seek input from appropriate providers before allocating any Medicaid funding reductions or implementing any Medicaid cost containment measures suggested under Subsection (b) of this rider.