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:

____.  City of Laredo Health Department Laboratory Response Network Certification. Out of funds appropriated above to the Department of State Health Services, to Strategy A.4.1, Laboratory Services, the amount of $200,000 is allocated for each fiscal year of the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2021, to the City of Laredo Health Department for the purpose of obtaining a Laboratory Response Network certification.