Bill Amendment: TX SB8 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 3rd Special Session

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Bill Title: Relating to making supplemental appropriations and giving direction regarding appropriations.

Status: 2021-11-08 - Effective immediately [SB8 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-SB8-House_Amendment_H_2_22-Johnson_Jarvis.html

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Amend CSSB 8 (house committee printing) as follows:

(1)  In SECTION 11 of the bill, in the appropriation to the Department of Transportation for a customs inspection station on the South Orient Rail Line in Presidio, Texas (page 8, line 11), strike "$15,000,000" and substitute "$10,000,000".

(2)  Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES: SICKLE CELL DISEASE GRANT PROGRAM. The amount of $5,000,000 is appropriated to the Department of State Health Services for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act from money received by this state from the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund (42 U.S.C. Section 802) established under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Pub. L. No. 117-2) and deposited to the credit of the Coronavirus Relief Fund No. 325 for the purpose of, to the extent authorized by other law, providing grants to local community-based organizations that assist persons with sickle cell disease in covering:

(1)  costs of:

(A)  free trait testing;

(B)  supportive services; and

(C)  transportation services; and

(2)  other costs as determined by the department.