Amend CSHB 1 (house committee printing) in Article II of the bill, following the appropriations to the Health and Human Services Commission (page II-94), by adding the following appropriately numbered rider and renumbering subsequent riders accordingly:

____.  Increased Access to Community Mental Health Services. Out of funds appropriated above in Strategy D.2.1, Community Mental Health Services-Adults, and Strategy D.2.2, Community Mental Health Services-Children, the Health and Human Services Commission shall allocate for the state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2019, the amount of $31,104,450 from Strategy D.2.1 and the amount of $11,800,000 from Strategy D.2.2 for the purpose of:

(1)  eliminating waiting lists for community mental health services for adults and children;

(2)  increasing capacity to avoid future waiting lists for community mental health services for adults and children;

(3)  addressing population growth in local mental health authority and local behavioral health authority service areas; and

(4)  increasing equity in funding allocations to local mental health authorities and local behavioral health authorities.