Amend CSHB 1 (house committee printing) in Article II of the bill, following the appropriations to the Department of State Health Services (page II-31), by adding the following appropriately numbered rider and renumbering subsequent riders accordingly:

____.  Contingency Rider: Laboratory Services Local Agreement. Contingent on the passage and becoming law of HB 1424 or similar legislation of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, requiring the Department of State Health Services to enter into an agreement to increase the availability of laboratory services in counties located along the international border:

(1)  reduce the Article VI appropriations to the General Land Office for Strategy A.3.1, Preserve & Maintain Alamo Complex (page VI-25), by the amount of $200,000 for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2020, and by the amount of $200,000 for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2021;

(2)  increase the Article II appropriations to the Department of State Health Services for Strategy A.4.1, Laboratory Services (page II-20), by the amount of $200,000 in general revenue for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2020, and by the amount of $200,000 in general revenue for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2021;

(3)  out of the amounts appropriated above to Strategy A.4.1, Laboratory Services (page II-20), the department shall allocate at least $200,000 each fiscal year of the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2021, for the purposes of funding laboratory services at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; and

(4)  adjust article totals and methods of financing accordingly.