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Floor Packet Page No. 198
Amend CSSB 1 in Article XI of the bill by inserting the
following rider after the Article XI items for the Health and Human
Services Commission:
CHIP Mental Health Benefits. (a) For the state fiscal
biennium beginning September 1, 2005, in addition to other amounts
appropriated by this Act, the Health and Human Services Commission
is appropriated from the Economic Stabilization Fund the amount
needed to provide mental health services under the children's
health insurance program under Chapter 62, Health and Safety Code,
at a level and in a manner that provides significantly more benefits
with significantly less stringent eligibility criteria compared to
the level and manner at and in which those services were provided
under the children's health insurance program during the state
fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2005.
(b) The provisions of this rider that make appropriations
out of the Economic Stabilization Fund take effect only if this Act
receives the vote required by Section 49-g, Article III, Texas
Constitution.