Amend CSSB 1 (house committee printing) as follows:

(1)  Add the following appropriately numbered rider following the Article III appropriations to the Higher Education Coordinating Board (page III-49):

____.  Rural Resident Physician Grant Program. The amount of $5,000,000 is appropriated out of the General Revenue Fund to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2022, for the purpose of increasing the amounts of Rural Resident Physician Grants awarded under Section 58A.081, Education Code, for physician residency programs at teaching hospitals and other appropriate health care entities and the additional amount of $5,000,000 is appropriated out of the General Revenue Fund to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2023, for the same purpose.

(2)  In Article I of the bill, in the appropriations to the Office of the Attorney General, Goal A, Provide Legal Services, reduce the appropriation from the General Revenue Fund for Strategy A.1.1, Legal Services (page I-3), by the amount of $5,000,000 for each state fiscal year of the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2023.

(3)  In Article XI of the bill, under the Article III items for the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (page XI-6), strike "Rural Resident Physician Grant Program" and the associated amount for the biennium.

(4)  Adjust totals and methods of financing accordingly.