Amend CSSB 500 (house committee printing) on page 6, between lines 16 and 17, by inserting the following appropriately lettered subsection:

(____)  It is the intent of the legislature that, out of amounts appropriated under Subsection (a) of this section, the Health and Human Services Commission use $300,000 for the purpose of contracting with the Texas Health Services Authority to implement a state electronic health information exchange system to be activated during natural and man-made disasters.