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Amend CSHB 10 by adding the following appropriately numbered
SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill
accordingly:
SECTION ____. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION:
REIMBURSEMENT TO UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON FOR TOBACCO PREVENTION
CONTRACT SERVICES. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the
Acts making the appropriations, the Health and Human Services
Commission is authorized to use any funds appropriated to the
commissioner to another health and human services agency for the
state fiscal year ending August 31, 2005, that may be used for this
purpose to reimburse the University of Houston in the amount of
$551,504.14 for contract services provided during the state fiscal
years beginning September 1, 2000, and September 1, 2001, under the
Tobacco Prevention and Control Program. If necessary to
effectively make the payment, the commission may transfer the money
to an appropriate health and human services agency authorized to
make the payment, and that agency shall use the money transferred to
the agency to make the payment to the university in the amount
specified by this section.