Bill Amendment: TX HB161 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 3rd Special Session
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Bill Title: Relating to making supplemental appropriations relating to health and human services and giving direction regarding appropriations.
Status: 2021-10-15 - Received from the House [HB161 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB161-House_Amendment_H_2_8-Raney.html
Bill Title: Relating to making supplemental appropriations relating to health and human services and giving direction regarding appropriations.
Status: 2021-10-15 - Received from the House [HB161 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB161-House_Amendment_H_2_8-Raney.html
Amend HB 161 (house committee printing) on page 2, between lines 5 and 6, by inserting the following:
(c) Notwithstanding Subsections (a) and (b) of this section, it is the intent of the legislature that $4,000,000 of the reimbursement described by Subsection (b) of this section be appropriated to the Department of State Health Services for the purpose of providing funding during the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act for a grant to facilitate the use of whole genome sequencing to diagnose critically ill newborn children.
