Bill Text: TX HB2 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to making supplemental appropriations and giving direction regarding appropriations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-10-15 - Referred to Appropriations [HB2 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2-Introduced.html
By: Bonnen | H.B. No. 2 |
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relating to making supplemental appropriations and giving | ||
direction regarding appropriations. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS: UNEMPLOYMENT | ||
COMPENSATION FUND. The amount of $7,245,419,946 is appropriated to | ||
the comptroller of public accounts 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 use during the state fiscal | ||
year beginning September 1, 2021, for the purpose of immediately | ||
depositing that amount to the credit of the unemployment | ||
compensation fund under Section 203.021, Labor Code, to pay back | ||
outstanding advances received by this state under Section 1201, | ||
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1321), and to return the | ||
unemployment compensation fund to the statutory floor computed | ||
under Section 204.061, Labor Code, on October 1, 2021, as | ||
reimbursement for payments made as a result of the coronavirus | ||
disease pandemic. | ||
SECTION 2. DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES: COVID-19 | ||
SERVICES. (a) The amount of $3,000,000,000 is appropriated to the | ||
Department of State Health Services 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 following purposes related | ||
to the coronavirus disease pandemic during the period beginning on | ||
the effective date of this Act and ending December 31, 2021: | ||
(1) providing funding for state and local hospital | ||
surge staffing; | ||
(2) purchasing therapeutic drugs; and | ||
(3) providing funding for the operation of regional | ||
infusion centers. | ||
(b) It is the intent of the legislature that any | ||
reimbursement received by the Department of State Health Services | ||
from the Federal Emergency Management Agency related to | ||
expenditures paid from money appropriated under Subsection (a) of | ||
this section be deposited to the general revenue fund and not | ||
expended until appropriated by the 88th Legislature. | ||
Appropriations made under Subsection (a) of this section that | ||
remain unobligated on January 1, 2022, lapse to the general revenue | ||
fund. | ||
SECTION 3. COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS: BROADBAND | ||
INFRASTRUCTURE. (a) The amount of $500,475,163 is appropriated to | ||
the comptroller of public accounts from money received by this | ||
state from the Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund (42 U.S.C. Section | ||
804) 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 providing funding for | ||
broadband infrastructure in accordance with Section 490I.0108, | ||
Government Code, and other applicable state or federal law during | ||
the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act. | ||
(b) Out of money appropriated by Subsection (a) of this | ||
section, $75,000,000 may be used only for the Texas broadband pole | ||
replacement program. | ||
SECTION 4. OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR: VICTIMS OF CRIME. The | ||
amount of $160,000,000 is appropriated to the Office of the | ||
Governor 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 providing funding for grants for victims of crime | ||
during the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this | ||
Act. | ||
SECTION 5. PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCY SALARY COMPENSATION. (a) | ||
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, the following | ||
agencies are appropriated the following amounts for the purpose of | ||
providing compensation for agency employees for the state fiscal | ||
biennium beginning September 1, 2021: | ||
(1) Department of Criminal Justice: $2,729,912,000; | ||
and | ||
(2) Department of Public Safety: $582,369,271. | ||
(b) The agencies listed in Subsection (a) of this section | ||
shall: | ||
(1) in consultation with the comptroller of public | ||
accounts and the Legislative Budget Board, determine the proper | ||
allocation of benefits included in the appropriations made under | ||
Subsection (a) of this section; and | ||
(2) identify the strategies and objectives for which | ||
the appropriations made under Subsection (a) of this section are | ||
directed. | ||
(c) It is the intent of the legislature that the agencies | ||
receiving appropriations under Subsection (a) of this section | ||
consider the appropriations as a change in the method of finance of | ||
the compensation to be paid to agency employees and not as an | ||
increase in total appropriations to the agencies. | ||
SECTION 6. TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM: TRS-CARE AND | ||
TRS-ACTIVECARE. (a) The amount of $286,337,761 is appropriated to | ||
the Teacher Retirement System 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 providing funding for | ||
coronavirus-related claims in TRS-Care and TRS-ActiveCare incurred | ||
before September 1, 2021, during the two-year period beginning on | ||
the effective date of this Act. | ||
(b) It is the intent of the legislature that premiums for | ||
TRS-Care and TRS-ActiveCare insurance policies not increase as a | ||
result of coronavirus-related claims incurred before September 1, | ||
2021. | ||
SECTION 7. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE: FOOD BANKS. The | ||
amount of $100,000,000 is appropriated to the Department of | ||
Agriculture 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 providing supplemental funding to food banks in | ||
response to the coronavirus pandemic during the two-year period | ||
beginning on the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 8. HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD: TEXAS CHILD | ||
MENTAL HEALTH CARE CONSORTIUM. (a) The amount of $113,082,887 is | ||
appropriated to the Higher Education Coordinating Board 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 supporting | ||
the operations and expansion of the Texas Child Mental Health Care | ||
Consortium to expand mental health initiatives for children during | ||
the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act. At | ||
the direction of the Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium, the | ||
Higher Education Coordinating Board shall transfer appropriations | ||
through interagency contracts with health-related institutions of | ||
higher education for the following purposes: | ||
(1) $20,578,442 for enhancements and expansion of the | ||
Child Psychiatry Access Network; | ||
(2) $56,218,976 for enhancements and expansion of the | ||
Texas Child Access Through Telemedicine program; | ||
(3) $32,991,791 for expansion of the child and | ||
adolescent mental health workforce; and | ||
(4) $3,293,676 for administrative expenses. | ||
(b) Not later than December 1, 2021, out of money | ||
appropriated by Subsection (a) of this section, the Higher | ||
Education Coordinating Board shall transfer $3,293,676 to an | ||
institution of higher education designated by the Texas Child | ||
Mental Health Care Consortium for oversight and evaluation of the | ||
outlined initiatives by means of interagency agreements or any | ||
other necessary contracts. | ||
(c) The Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium may | ||
transfer up to 10 percent of money appropriated for the purposes | ||
described by Subsection (a)(1), (2), or (3) of this section to any | ||
of the other purposes described by those provisions. The Texas | ||
Child Mental Health Care Consortium may transfer more than 10 | ||
percent of funds for those purposes only with the prior approval for | ||
the transfer and expenditure from the Legislative Budget Board. A | ||
request for approval of the transfer and expenditure by the | ||
consortium is considered approved unless the Legislative Budget | ||
Board issues a written disapproval within 10 business days of the | ||
receipt and review of the request by the Legislative Budget Board. | ||
SECTION 9. TEXAS DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT: STATE | ||
OPERATIONS CENTER. The amount of $300,000,000 is appropriated to | ||
the Texas Division of Emergency Management 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 the acquisition | ||
of land for, and construction of, a state operations center during | ||
the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 10. DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION RESOURCES: | ||
CYBERSECURITY PROJECTS. The amount of $200,000,000 is appropriated | ||
to the Department of Information Resources for deposit into the | ||
Technology Improvement and Modernization Fund No. 187 and for use | ||
during the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this | ||
Act for the purpose of cybersecurity projects 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. | ||
SECTION 11. HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD: | ||
UNIVERSITY CONSTRUCTION. Contingent on H.B. __ or similar | ||
legislation by the 87th Legislature, 3rd Called Session, 2021, | ||
relating to the issuance of tuition revenue bonds, becoming law, | ||
the amount of $500,000,000 is appropriated to the Higher Education | ||
Coordinating Board 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 university construction | ||
during the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this | ||
Act. | ||
SECTION 12. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: DALLAS | ||
STATE HOSPITAL. The amount of $237,800,000 is appropriated to the | ||
Health and Human Services Commission 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 completing | ||
construction of a state hospital in Dallas during the two-year | ||
period beginning on the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 13. TEXAS UNIVERSITY FUND. Contingent on | ||
H.J.R. 13, or similar legislation by the 87th Legislature, 3rd | ||
Called Session, 2021, relating to establishing the Texas University | ||
Fund to provide funding for research activities conducted by public | ||
institutions of higher education in this state being approved by | ||
the voters, the amount of $2 billion is appropriated from the | ||
economic stabilization fund to the Texas University Fund for use | ||
consistent with H.J.R. 13 during the two-year period beginning on | ||
the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 14. OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL: SEXUAL ASSAULT | ||
FUND. The amount of $52,277,114 is appropriated from the 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 to the Office of the Attorney | ||
General for deposit to the General Revenue Dedicated Sexual Assault | ||
Fund Account No. 5010 for use during the two-year period beginning | ||
on the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 15. OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL: CRIME VICTIMS | ||
COMPENSATION. The amount of $54,756,000 is appropriated from the | ||
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 to the Office | ||
of the Attorney General for deposit to General Revenue Dedicated | ||
Crime Victims Compensation Account No. 469 to be used during the | ||
two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act for | ||
crime victims compensation. | ||
SECTION 16. COURT FEE SHORTFALL. From the 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, the following entities are | ||
appropriated the following amounts for the indicated purposes to be | ||
used immediately during the two-year period beginning on the | ||
effective date of this Act to address matters that have not been | ||
addressed because of court fee collections shortfalls: | ||
(1) Comptroller of Public Accounts - Judiciary | ||
Section: $14,854,228 for court case backlog including for visiting | ||
judges and support staff; | ||
(2) Office of Court Administration: $10,338,158 for | ||
court case backlog including authorization of eight additional full | ||
time equivalent employees (FTEs) and information technology | ||
support; | ||
(3) Office of Court Administration - Texas Indigent | ||
Defense Commission (TIDC): $63,698,784 for court case backlog for | ||
public defenders and two additional full time equivalent employees | ||
(FTEs); | ||
(4) Office of Court Administration - Texas Indigent | ||
Defense Commission (TIDC): $13,942,466 for court case backlog for | ||
deposit to the General Revenue Dedicated Fair Defense Account | ||
No. 5073; | ||
(5) Office Of Capital And Forensic Writs: $200,000 for | ||
court case backlog, COVID costs, and one additional full time | ||
equivalent employee (FTE); and | ||
(6) Texas Commission on Law Enforcement: $9,400,000 | ||
for deposit to General Revenue Dedicated Texas Commission on Law | ||
Enforcement Account No. 116. | ||
SECTION 17. DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES: MONOCLONAL | ||
ANTIBODY TREATMENTS. The amount of $140 million is appropriated to | ||
the Department of State Health Services 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 providing | ||
funding for the purchase of monoclonal antibody treatments for the | ||
coronavirus disease during the two-year period beginning on the | ||
effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 18. LEGISLATIVE INTENT REGARDING APPROPRIATIONS. | ||
It is the intent of the legislature that the appropriations made by | ||
this Act are one-time appropriations made for the purpose of | ||
addressing the needs of this state for the two-year period | ||
beginning on the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 19. APPROPRIATION AUTHORITY UNDER FEDERAL LAW. The | ||
appropriations made under Sections 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, | ||
and 16 of this Act using 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) are made in accordance with 42 U.S.C. Section | ||
802(c)(1)(C), which allows money from the Coronavirus State Fiscal | ||
Recovery Fund to be used to provide government services to the | ||
extent of a reduction in the revenue of a state government caused by | ||
the COVID-19 public health emergency relative to revenues collected | ||
in the most recent full fiscal year of the state government that | ||
ended before that emergency. | ||
SECTION 20. APPLICABILITY OF TRANSFER PROVISIONS OF OTHER | ||
LAW. The transfer provisions of Part 14, Article IX, Chapter 1053 | ||
(S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the | ||
General Appropriations Act), and the transfer provisions of Section | ||
65, Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular | ||
Session, 2021 (the Supplemental Appropriations Act), apply to the | ||
appropriations made by this Act to allow appropriate transfer of | ||
appropriations made by this Act as if the appropriations made by the | ||
General Appropriations Act, the Supplemental Appropriations Act, | ||
and this Act were all a part of the same Act, to the extent permitted | ||
by federal law. | ||
SECTION 21. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect | ||
immediately. |