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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the use of unclaimed lottery prize money to benefit the |
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child-care services program administered by the Texas Workforce |
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Commission. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 466.408(b), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) If a claim is not made for prize money on or before the |
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180th day after the date on which the winner was selected, the prize |
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money shall be used in the following order of priority: |
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(1) subject to legislative appropriation, not more |
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than $20 million in prize money each year may be deposited to the |
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Department of State Health Services state-owned multicategorical |
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teaching hospital account, which is an account in the general |
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revenue fund, or appropriated from that account to provide indigent |
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health care services as specified in Chapter 61, Health and Safety |
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Code; |
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(2) not more than $5 million in prize money each year |
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may be appropriated to the Health and Human Services Commission and |
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shall be used to support the provision of inpatient hospital |
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services in hospitals located in the 15 counties that comprise the |
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Texas-Mexico border area, with payment for those services to be not |
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less than the amount established under the Tax Equity and Fiscal |
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Responsibility Act of 1982 (TEFRA) cost reimbursement methodology |
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for the hospital providing the services; |
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(3) [the remaining amount,] not more than [to exceed] |
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$5 million in prize money in each state fiscal year less any amount |
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deposited in the fund in that year attributable to the lottery game |
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operated under Section 466.027[,] shall be deposited to the fund |
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for veterans' assistance; [and] |
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(4) the remaining amount, not to exceed $5 million in |
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prize money in each state fiscal year, shall be deposited to the |
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general revenue fund for appropriation only to fund the child-care |
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services program administered by the Texas Workforce Commission; |
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and |
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(5) all prize money subject to this section and not |
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deposited or appropriated in accordance with Subdivision (1), (2), |
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[or] (3), or (4) shall be deposited to the credit of the foundation |
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school fund. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section |
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466.408, Government Code, applies only to an unclaimed prize for a |
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lottery game for which the winner was selected on or after the |
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effective date of this Act. An unclaimed prize for which the winner |
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was selected before the effective date of this Act is governed by |
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the law as it existed immediately before the effective date of this |
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Act, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |