84R18291 KLA-F
 
  By: Otto, Keffer, Darby, Ashby, Aycock H.B. No. 2
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2:
 
  By:  Otto C.S.H.B. No. 2
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to making supplemental appropriations and giving
  direction and adjustment authority regarding appropriations.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  APPROPRIATION REDUCTION: PUBLIC FINANCE
  AUTHORITY. The unencumbered appropriations from the general
  revenue fund to the Public Finance Authority made by Chapter 1411
  (S.B. 1), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013 (the
  General Appropriations Act), for use during the state fiscal
  biennium ending August 31, 2015, for bond debt service payments,
  including appropriations subject to Rider 2, page I-45, Chapter
  1411 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013
  (the General Appropriations Act), to the bill pattern of the
  appropriations to the authority, are reduced by a total aggregate
  of $21,000,000. The Public Finance Authority shall identify the
  strategies and objectives to which the reduction is to be allocated
  and the amount of the reduction for each of those strategies and
  objectives.
         SECTION 2.  APPROPRIATION REDUCTION: TEXAS EDUCATION
  AGENCY. The unencumbered appropriations from the general revenue
  fund to the Texas Education Agency made by Chapter 1411 (S.B. 1),
  Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013 (the General
  Appropriations Act), for use during the state fiscal biennium
  ending August 31, 2015, for Strategy A.1.1., FSP-Equalized
  Operations, are reduced by $710,000,000.
         SECTION 3.  APPROPRIATION REDUCTION: DEPARTMENT OF
  TRANSPORTATION. The unencumbered appropriations from the general
  revenue fund to the Department of Transportation made by Chapter
  1411 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013
  (the General Appropriations Act), for use during the state fiscal
  biennium ending August 31, 2015, for Strategy G.1.1., General
  Obligation Bonds, are reduced by $22,100,000.
         SECTION 4.  APPROPRIATION REDUCTION: HEALTH AND HUMAN
  SERVICES COMMISSION. The unencumbered appropriations from federal
  funds to the Health and Human Services Commission made by Chapter
  1411 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013
  (the General Appropriations Act), for use during the state fiscal
  biennium ending August 31, 2015, for Strategy D.1.1., TANF (Cash
  Assistance) Grants, are reduced by $35,083,683.
         SECTION 5.  APPROPRIATION REDUCTION: DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS -
  NON-SELF SUPPORTING G.O. WATER BONDS. (a) The unencumbered
  appropriations from the general revenue fund to the Debt Service
  Payments - Non-Self Supporting G.O. Water Bonds made by Chapter
  1411 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013
  (the General Appropriations Act), for use during the state fiscal
  biennium ending August 31, 2015, for Strategy A.1.1., EDAP Debt
  Service, are reduced by $362,107.
         (b)  The unencumbered appropriations from the general
  revenue fund to the Debt Service Payments - Non-Self Supporting
  G.O. Water Bonds made by Chapter 1411 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 83rd
  Legislature, Regular Session, 2013 (the General Appropriations
  Act), for use during the state fiscal biennium ending August 31,
  2015, for Strategy A.1.3., WIF Debt Service, are reduced by
  $5,570,411.
         SECTION 6.  DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES:
  FOSTER CARE SHORTFALL. In addition to amounts previously
  appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2015,
  $17,729,316 is appropriated out of the general revenue fund to the
  Department of Family and Protective Services for Strategy B.1.11.,
  Foster Care Payments, as listed in Chapter 1411 (S.B. 1), Acts of
  the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013 (the General
  Appropriations Act), for the state fiscal year ending August 31,
  2015, for the purpose of providing foster care.
         SECTION 7.  DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES:
  TITLE IV-E WAIVER. In addition to amounts previously appropriated
  for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2015, $800,000 is
  appropriated out of the general revenue fund, and $800,000 is
  appropriated out of federal funds, to the Department of Family and
  Protective Services for Strategy B.1.11., Foster Care Payments, as
  listed in Chapter 1411 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 83rd Legislature,
  Regular Session, 2013 (the General Appropriations Act), for the
  state fiscal year ending August 31, 2015, for the purpose of
  matching funds for information technology costs and pre-evaluation
  costs associated with the Title IV-E waiver.
         SECTION 8.  HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: MEDICAID
  SHORTFALL. In addition to amounts previously appropriated for the
  state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2015, $85,543,166 is
  appropriated out of the general revenue fund, and $118,373,797 is
  appropriated out of federal funds, to the Health and Human Services
  Commission for Goal B, Medicaid, as listed in Chapter 1411 (S.B. 1),
  Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013 (the General
  Appropriations Act), for the state fiscal year ending August 31,
  2015, for Medicaid acute care services.
         SECTION 9.  HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: MEDICAID
  HEALTH INSURANCE PROVIDERS FEE AND ASSOCIATED FEDERAL INCOME TAX.
  In addition to amounts previously appropriated for the state fiscal
  biennium ending August 31, 2015, $79,685,024 is appropriated out of
  the general revenue fund, and $113,570,204 is appropriated out of
  federal funds, to the Health and Human Services Commission for Goal
  B, Medicaid, as listed in Chapter 1411 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 83rd
  Legislature, Regular Session, 2013 (the General Appropriations
  Act), for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2015, for the
  purpose of adjusting Medicaid capitation payments made to managed
  care organizations providing health care services through managed
  care plans under the Medicaid program to account for the health
  insurance providers fee imposed under Section 9010 of the federal
  Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Pub. L. No. 111-148),
  as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of
  2010 (Pub. L. No. 111-152), and the associated effects of that fee
  on federal income taxes.
         SECTION 10.  HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: CHIP
  HEALTH INSURANCE PROVIDERS FEE AND ASSOCIATED FEDERAL INCOME TAX.
  In addition to amounts previously appropriated for the state fiscal
  biennium ending August 31, 2015, $4,516,607 is appropriated out of
  the general revenue fund, and $15,404,526 is appropriated out of
  federal funds, to the Health and Human Services Commission for Goal
  C, CHIP Services, as listed in Chapter 1411 (S.B. 1), Acts of the
  83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013 (the General
  Appropriations Act), for the state fiscal year ending August 31,
  2015, for the purpose of adjusting child health plan program
  capitation payments made to managed care organizations providing
  health care services through managed care plans under the child
  health plan program to account for the health insurance providers
  fee imposed under Section 9010 of the federal Patient Protection
  and Affordable Care Act (Pub. L. No. 111-148), as amended by the
  Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Pub. L.
  No. 111-152), and the associated effects of that fee on federal
  income taxes.
         SECTION 11.  TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM: TRS CARE SHORTFALL.
  In addition to amounts previously appropriated for the state fiscal
  biennium ending August 31, 2015, $768,100,754 is appropriated out
  of the general revenue fund to the Teacher Retirement System for the
  state fiscal year ending August 31, 2015, for Strategy A.2.1.,
  Retiree Health-Statutory Funds, as listed in Chapter 1411 (S.B. 1),
  Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013 (the General
  Appropriations Act), for TRS Care.
         SECTION 12.  DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE: CORRECTIONAL
  MANAGED HEALTH CARE SHORTFALL. In addition to amounts previously
  appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2015,
  $50,500,000 is appropriated out of the general revenue fund to the
  Department of Criminal Justice for the state fiscal year ending
  August 31, 2015, for Strategy C.1.8., Hospital and Clinical Care,
  as listed in Chapter 1411 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 83rd Legislature,
  Regular Session, 2013 (the General Appropriations Act), for
  correctional managed health care.
         SECTION 13.  DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION: UNEXPENDED
  BALANCE AUTHORITY FOR ENERGY SECTOR ROAD APPROPRIATIONS.  Any
  money appropriated by Section 40, Chapter 836 (H.B. 1025), Acts of
  the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, from the general
  revenue fund to the Department of Transportation for transfer to
  the Transportation Infrastructure Fund or State Highway Fund 6 and
  use during the two-year period beginning on the effective date of
  that Act for road repairs in energy sectors as specified by that Act
  that, immediately preceding the expiration of that two-year period,
  is unexpended and unencumbered, is appropriated to the department
  for the same purpose for the two-year period beginning on the
  effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 14.  TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE: HEALTHY TEXAS
  PROGRAM. (a) In addition to amounts previously appropriated for the
  state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2015, $708,000 is
  transferred from the general revenue fund to general revenue
  account number 0036, Texas Department of Insurance Operating Fund
  Account, and is appropriated from that account to the Texas
  Department of Insurance for the state fiscal year ending August 31,
  2015, for Strategy A.1.1., Consumer Education and Outreach, as
  listed in Chapter 1411 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 83rd Legislature,
  Regular Session, 2013 (the General Appropriations Act), for agency
  operations.
         (b)  In addition to amounts previously appropriated for the
  state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2015, $1,000,000 is
  transferred from the general revenue fund to general revenue
  account number 0036, Texas Department of Insurance Operating Fund
  Account, and is appropriated from that account to the Texas
  Department of Insurance for the state fiscal year ending August 31,
  2015, for Strategy A.3.1., Process Rates, Forms & Licenses, as
  listed in Chapter 1411 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 83rd Legislature,
  Regular Session, 2013 (the General Appropriations Act), for agency
  operations.
         (c)  In addition to amounts previously appropriated for the
  state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2015, $3,592,000 is
  transferred from the general revenue fund to general revenue
  account number 0036, Texas Department of Insurance Operating Fund
  Account, and is appropriated from that account to the Texas
  Department of Insurance for the state fiscal year ending August 31,
  2015, for Strategy A.4.3., Healthy Texas, as listed in Chapter 1411
  (S.B. 1), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013 (the
  General Appropriations Act), for agency operations.
         SECTION 15.  FACILITIES COMMISSION: HEALTH AND SAFETY
  REPAIRS AT THE TEXAS SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF. (a) In addition to amounts
  previously appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August
  31, 2015, the amount of $10,952,024 is appropriated out of the
  general revenue fund to the Facilities Commission for Strategy
  B.2.1., Facilities Operation, as listed in Chapter 1411 (S.B. 1),
  Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013 (the General
  Appropriations Act), for the period beginning on the effective date
  of this Act and ending on August 31, 2016, for critical operations,
  deferred maintenance, and health and safety projects at the Texas
  School for the Deaf.
         (b)  The Facilities Commission shall report monthly to the
  Legislative Budget Board, in a manner prescribed by the board,
  regarding the use of the money appropriated in Subsection (a) of
  this section. Each report must provide information on project
  milestones, target completion dates, and money spent as of the date
  of the report.
         SECTION 16.  FACILITIES COMMISSION: CRITICAL OPERATIONS,
  DEFERRED MAINTENANCE, AND HEALTH AND SAFETY MAINTENANCE AT
  STATE-OWNED BUILDINGS. (a) In addition to amounts previously
  appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2015,
  the amount of $9,633,658 is appropriated out of the general revenue
  fund to the Facilities Commission for Strategy B.2.1., Facilities
  Operation, as listed in Chapter 1411 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 83rd
  Legislature, Regular Session, 2013 (the General Appropriations
  Act), for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of
  this Act for critical operations, deferred maintenance, and health
  and safety maintenance at state-owned buildings.
         (b)  The Facilities Commission shall report monthly to the
  Legislative Budget Board, in a manner prescribed by the board,
  regarding the use of the money appropriated in Subsection (a) of
  this section. Each report must provide information on project
  milestones, target completion dates, and money spent as of the date
  of the report.
         SECTION 17.  OFFICE OF COURT ADMINISTRATION, TEXAS JUDICIAL
  COUNCIL: E-FILING SYSTEM. In addition to amounts previously
  appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2015,
  $6,400,000 is appropriated out of the general revenue fund to the
  Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, for
  Strategy A.1.2., Information Technology, as listed in Chapter 1411
  (S.B. 1), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013 (the
  General Appropriations Act), for the state fiscal year ending
  August 31, 2015, for management of the statewide e-filing system.
         SECTION 18.  PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT: SAN JACINTO
  LAWSUIT SETTLEMENT. In addition to the amounts previously
  appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2015,
  if money is recovered under an agreed final judgment in Harris
  County v. Waste Management of Texas, Inc., No. 2011-76724-A (295th
  Dist. Ct., Harris County, Tex. ____ 2014), and deposited to the
  credit of the general revenue fund, the amount of that recovered
  money that is deposited to the credit of the general revenue fund,
  but not to exceed $10 million, is appropriated from that fund to the
  Parks and Wildlife Department for the two-year period beginning on
  the effective date of this Act for the purpose of transferring the
  money to Harris County. Funds may be transferred to Harris County
  under this section only in accordance with an agreement between the
  Parks and Wildlife Department and Harris County for use along the
  San Jacinto River and in its watershed to mitigate the effects of
  environmental contamination and the effects of that contamination
  on natural resources and the public use of natural resources. Funds
  transferred under this section may be used only for one or more of
  the following:
               (1)  dissemination of information pertaining to marine
  life, wild animal life, wildlife values, and wildlife management;
               (2)  scientific investigation and survey of marine life
  for the better protection and conservation of marine life;
               (3)  propagation and distribution of marine life, game
  animals, and wild birds;
               (4)  protection of wild birds, fish, and game;
               (5)  research, management, and protection of the fish
  and wildlife resources of this state;
               (6)  expansion and development of additional
  opportunities of hunting and fishing in state-owned land and water;
               (7)  purchase, construction, and maintenance of boat
  ramps on or near public waters; and
               (8)  resource protection activities.
         SECTION 19.  DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY: LIMITATION ON
  APPROPRIATIONS FOR RECRUIT SCHOOLS. (a) In this section:
               (1)  "New trooper" means a trooper employed by the
  Department of Public Safety for less than 52 weeks.
               (2)  "Recruit school" and "training school" include any
  school or other training program operated by or for the benefit of
  the Department of Public Safety for a purpose that may include
  training a new trooper.
         (b)  This section applies only to:
               (1)  the unexpended and unencumbered appropriations
  from the general revenue fund to the Department of Public Safety
  made by Chapter 1411 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2013 (the General Appropriations Act), for use during the
  state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2015; and
               (2)  any appropriated money transferred to the
  Department of Public Safety pursuant to Chapter 317, Government
  Code, during the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2015, for
  use by the department during that biennium.
         (c)  Money to which this section applies may not be used to
  pay:
               (1)  any cost or expense that may be directly or
  indirectly related to the operation of a training school or recruit
  school that provides a new trooper with less than 23 weeks of
  training; or
               (2)  compensation to a trooper who completes the
  23-week recruit school in an amount that exceeds the entry-level
  trooper compensation.
         SECTION 20.  DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY: CERTAIN TRANSFER
  AUTHORITY. Notwithstanding the transfer authority provided in
  Section 14.01, page IX-52, Chapter 1411 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 83rd
  Legislature, Regular Session, 2013 (the General Appropriations
  Act), money appropriated to the Department of Public Safety by that
  Act or any appropriated money transferred to the Department of
  Public Safety pursuant to Chapter 317, Government Code, during the
  state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2015, for a purpose may not
  be transferred to another appropriation item or purpose without the
  prior written approval of the Legislative Budget Board.
         SECTION 21.  HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: CERTAIN
  TRANSFERS. The following amounts of general revenue funds
  appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2015,
  are transferred to the Health and Human Services Commission for the
  state fiscal year ending August 31, 2015, for Goal B, Medicaid, as
  listed in Chapter 1411 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 83rd Legislature,
  Regular Session, 2013 (the General Appropriations Act), for
  Medicaid acute care services:
               (1)  $98,762,408 from the appropriations made to the
  Department of Aging and Disability Services for Strategy A.2.4.,
  Habilitation Services, as listed in Chapter 1411 (S.B. 1), Acts of
  the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013 (the General
  Appropriations Act);
               (2)  $43,527,524 from the appropriations made to the
  Department of Aging and Disability Services for Goal A, Long-Term
  Services and Supports, as listed in Chapter 1411 (S.B. 1), Acts of
  the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013 (the General
  Appropriations Act);
               (3)  $5,900,000 from the appropriations made to the
  Department of State Health Services for Strategy B.1.4., Community
  Primary Care Services, as listed in Chapter 1411 (S.B. 1), Acts of
  the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013 (the General
  Appropriations Act);
               (4)  $101,900,000 from the appropriations made to the
  Health and Human Services Commission for Strategy A.1.2.,
  Integrated Eligibility and Enrollment (IEE), as listed in Chapter
  1411 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013
  (the General Appropriations Act);
               (5)  $2,700,000 from the appropriations made to the
  Health and Human Services Commission for Strategy G.1.1., Office of
  Inspector General, as listed in Chapter 1411 (S.B. 1), Acts of the
  83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013 (the General
  Appropriations Act); and
               (6)  $43,303 from the appropriations made to the Health
  and Human Services Commission for Strategy D.1.1., TANF (Cash
  Assistance) Grants, as listed in Chapter 1411 (S.B. 1), Acts of the
  83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013 (the General
  Appropriations Act).
         SECTION 22.  MIDLAND COLLEGE: AMERICAN AIRPOWER HERITAGE
  MUSEUM. Unexpended and unencumbered amounts appropriated from the
  general revenue fund to Midland College for Strategy AB.1.1.,
  American Airpower Heritage Museum, as listed in Chapter 1411 (S.B.
  1), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013 (the
  General Appropriations Act), for use during the state fiscal
  biennium ending August 31, 2015, shall be distributed to the
  Permian Basin Petroleum Museum. Before disbursing any state money,
  Midland College must enter into a grant agreement with the Permian
  Basin Petroleum Museum that specifies the use of the money and
  requires that the money be spent in accordance with state law and
  the General Appropriations Act.
         SECTION 23.  EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect
  immediately.