Amend CSSB 1 (house committee printing), in Article II of the bill, immediately following the appropriations to the Department of Family and Protective Services (page II-3), by adding the following appropriately numbered rider:

____.  Contingent Appropriation: HB 7. Contingent on HB 7 or similar legislation of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017, relating to the child protective services suits by the Department of Family and Protective Services, being enacted and becoming law, out of funds appropriated to the Department of Family and Protective Services by this Act, the department shall use $1,113,377 during the fiscal year ending August 31, 2018, and $886,034 during the fiscal year ending August 31, 2019, to implement the provisions of that legislation.