Amend CSHB 1 (house committee printing) in Article XI of the bill by adding the following appropriately numbered rider under the items for the Department of State Health Services (page XI-3):

____.  Border Laboratory Capacity. In addition to other amounts appropriated under Article II to the Department of State Health Services for Strategy A.4.1, Laboratory Services, the amount of $250,000 is appropriated to the Department of State Health Services from the General Revenue Fund for each state fiscal year of the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2025, for the purpose of providing funding to the City of Laredo Health Department to improve laboratory capacity and obtain a Laboratory Response Network certification.