Amend CSHB 1 (house committee report) in Article III of the bill, following the appropriations to the Higher Education Coordinating Board (page III-58), by adding the following appropriately numbered rider:

____.  Rural Resident Physician Grant Program. The amount of $500,000 is appropriated out of the General Revenue Fund to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, 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 $500,000 is appropriated out of the General Revenue Fund to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2025, for the same purpose.

(2)  In Article VII of the bill, in the appropriations to the Department of Housing and Community Affairs, Goal A, Affordable Housing, reduce the appropriation from the General Revenue Fund for Strategy A.1.2, Home Program (page VII-1), by the amount of $5,000,000 for each state fiscal year of the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2025.