Amend CSHB 7 (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  (a) The comptroller of public accounts shall compute the amount by which the amount of the revenue described by Object Code 3201, Insurance Premium Taxes, as referenced in the comptroller's biennial revenue estimate submitted in advance of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, and actually received during the state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2013, exceeds the amount of that revenue as estimated for that biennium in the biennial revenue estimate.

(b)  Notwithstanding any other law providing for the allocation or dedication of the revenue described by Object Code 3201, Insurance Premium Taxes, as referenced in the comptroller's biennial revenue estimate submitted in advance of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, the first $340 million of the amount of the excess revenue computed by the comptroller under Subsection (a) of this section shall be considered available for appropriation for providing the nonfederal share of disproportionate share hospitals supplemental payment program funds.

(c)  This section expires August 31, 2015.