Amend CSSB 8 (house committee printing) as follows:

(1)  On page 3, strike "$200,000,000" and substitute "$198,620,000" in each of the following places it appears:

(A)  line 9; and

(B)  line 26.

(2)  Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES: NURSE FAMILY PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM. The amount of $1,375,500 is appropriated to the Department of Family and Protective Services for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act from money received by this state from the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund (42 U.S.C. Section 802) established under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Pub. L. No. 117-2) and deposited to the credit of the Coronavirus Relief Fund No. 325 for the purpose of supporting the Nurse Family Partnership Program.

(b)  Out of the money appropriated under Subsection (a) of this section:

(1)  $1,241,500 may be used only for client or nurse material or technological supports such as personal protective equipment, telehealth platform licensing, and client equipment and education materials; and

(2)  $134,000 may be used only for nurse salaries, including hero bonuses and staff sign-on and retention bonuses.