Bill Text: TX HB2 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to making supplemental appropriations and giving direction regarding appropriations.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
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. | ||
