Bill Text: TX SB8 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to making supplemental appropriations and giving direction regarding appropriations.
Sponsorship: Broadly Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2021-11-08 - Effective immediately [SB8 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB8-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 8 | ||
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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. TRUSTEED PROGRAMS WITHIN THE OFFICE OF THE | ||
| GOVERNOR: TOURISM, TRAVEL, AND HOSPITALITY RECOVERY GRANTS. (a) | ||
| The amount of $180,000,000 is appropriated to the Trusteed Programs | ||
| within 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 during | ||
| the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act for | ||
| tourism, travel, and hospitality industry recovery, to the extent | ||
| the grants are authorized by other law. | ||
| (b) It is the intent of the legislature that the governor | ||
| give priority to potential grantees that have not received direct | ||
| federal aid and that the amount of each authorized grant awarded | ||
| does not exceed $20,000. | ||
| SECTION 3. TRUSTEED PROGRAMS WITHIN THE OFFICE OF THE | ||
| GOVERNOR: CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY. The amount of $1,200,000 is | ||
| appropriated to the Trusteed Programs within 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 information technology case | ||
| management system improvements for children's advocacy centers | ||
| during the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this | ||
| Act. | ||
| SECTION 4. DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES: COVID-19 | ||
| SERVICES. (a) The amount of $2,000,000,000 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 during the period beginning on the effective | ||
| date of this Act and ending January 1, 2023, for the following | ||
| purposes related to costs incurred during the period beginning | ||
| March 3, 2021, and ending January 1, 2023, due to the coronavirus | ||
| disease pandemic: | ||
| (1) providing funding for surge staffing at state and | ||
| local hospitals, long-term care facilities, psychiatric hospitals, | ||
| and nursing facilities; | ||
| (2) purchasing therapeutic drugs, including drugs for | ||
| monoclonal antibody treatments; and | ||
| (3) providing funding for the operation of regional | ||
| infusion centers. | ||
| (b) Notwithstanding Section 13.05, page IX-64, Chapter 1053 | ||
| (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the | ||
| General Appropriations Act), the Department of State Health | ||
| Services shall expend any Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Funds | ||
| freed-up as a result of reimbursements 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 only after prior approval of the | ||
| Legislative Budget Board. | ||
| SECTION 5. FISCAL PROGRAMS - COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC | ||
| ACCOUNTS: BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE. (a) The amount of | ||
| $500,475,163 is appropriated to Fiscal Programs - 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 6. DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE: COMPENSATION. | ||
| (a) The amount of $359,673,191 is appropriated to the Department of | ||
| Criminal Justice 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 compensation for agency | ||
| employees for the state fiscal year beginning September 1, 2021. | ||
| (b) The Department of Criminal Justice 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 Department | ||
| of Criminal Justice 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 agency. | ||
| SECTION 7. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE: FOOD BANKS. The | ||
| amount of $95,000,000 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, pregnant women, and women who are up to one year | ||
| postpartum 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. | ||
| (d) Out of money appropriated by Subsection (a) of this | ||
| section, the Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium may enhance | ||
| the Child Psychiatry Access Network to improve perinatal mental | ||
| health services. | ||
| 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. HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD: | ||
| UNIVERSITY CONSTRUCTION. (a) Contingent on legislation by the | ||
| 87th Legislature, 3rd Called Session, 2021, relating to the | ||
| issuance of tuition revenue bonds, becoming law, the amount of | ||
| $325,000,000 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. | ||
| (b) If an appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this | ||
| section for any reason is determined by the United States | ||
| Department of the Treasury or any other qualified state or federal | ||
| authority to have been made for an improper use: | ||
| (1) the appropriated money may not be spent and shall | ||
| be retained in the treasury and available for later legislative | ||
| appropriation; and | ||
| (2) an amount equal to the amount of the appropriation | ||
| that was determined to have been made for an improper use is | ||
| appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Higher Education | ||
| Coordinating Board for the purpose and period described by | ||
| Subsection (a) of this section. | ||
| SECTION 11. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: DALLAS | ||
| STATE HOSPITAL. (a) 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 construction of | ||
| a state hospital in Dallas during the two-year period beginning on | ||
| the effective date of this Act. | ||
| (b) The capital budget authority of the Health and Human | ||
| Services Commission in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th | ||
| Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations | ||
| Act), is increased by $237,800,000 for the appropriation made under | ||
| Subsection (a) of this section. | ||
| SECTION 12. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: RURAL | ||
| HOSPITALS. The amount of $75,000,000 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 providing funding for grants to | ||
| support rural hospitals that have been affected by the COVID-19 | ||
| pandemic during the two-year period beginning on the effective date | ||
| of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 13. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: INTERNET | ||
| PORTAL. The amount of $20,000,000 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 providing funding for the creation | ||
| of a consolidated Internet portal for Medicaid and the Children's | ||
| Health Insurance Program medical services provider data during the | ||
| two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 14. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: | ||
| TECHNOLOGY UPDATES. The amount of $5,000,000 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 providing | ||
| funding for technology updates to the Medicaid eligibility computer | ||
| system during the two-year period beginning on the effective date | ||
| of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 15. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: TEXAS | ||
| CIVIL COMMITMENT OFFICE. The amount of $14,250 is appropriated to | ||
| the Health and Human Services Commission for the Texas Civil | ||
| Commitment Office 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 COVID-19 | ||
| related expenses incurred by the Texas Civil Commitment Office | ||
| related to consumable supplies and travel during the two-year | ||
| period beginning on the effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 16. DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES: RIO | ||
| GRANDE VALLEY. The amount of $16,700,000 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 purpose of upgrading existing | ||
| laboratory facilities associated with a level 1 trauma facility in | ||
| Hidalgo County and new laboratory infrastructure in Starr County | ||
| during the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this | ||
| Act. | ||
| SECTION 17. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER | ||
| AT HOUSTON: TEXAS EPIDEMIC PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE. The amount of | ||
| $40,000,000 is appropriated to The University of Texas Health | ||
| Science Center at Houston 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 operating the Texas Epidemic Public | ||
| Health Institute during the two-year period beginning on the | ||
| effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 18. HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD: TEXAS | ||
| RESKILLING AND UPSKILLING THROUGH EDUCATION (TRUE) PROGRAM. (a) | ||
| The amount of $15,000,000 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 operating the Texas Reskilling and | ||
| Upskilling through Education (TRUE) Program during the two-year | ||
| period beginning on the effective date of this Act. | ||
| (b) The Higher Education Coordinating Board shall | ||
| distribute the money appropriated by Subsection (a) of this section | ||
| in a manner consistent with Subchapter T-2, Chapter 61, Education | ||
| Code, as added by Section 1, Chapter 601 (S.B. 1102), Acts of the | ||
| 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021. The board may not place | ||
| additional eligibility requirements on eligible entities beyond | ||
| the statutory limitations of Subchapter T-2, Chapter 61, Education | ||
| Code, as added by Section 1, Chapter 601 (S.B. 1102), Acts of the | ||
| 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021, including matching fund | ||
| requirements by recipients of money appropriated by this section. | ||
| SECTION 19. HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD: | ||
| PERFORMANCE-BASED FUNDING FOR AT-RISK STUDENTS AT COMPREHENSIVE | ||
| REGIONAL UNIVERSITIES. (a) The amount of $20,000,000 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 allocating | ||
| and distributing the money in a manner that is consistent with | ||
| Subsection (b) of this section and Section 62.183(b), Education | ||
| Code, as added by Section 2, Chapter 186 (S.B. 1295), Acts of the | ||
| 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021, during the state fiscal | ||
| year beginning September 1, 2021. | ||
| (b) After consultation with the Legislative Budget Board, | ||
| the Higher Education Coordinating Board shall allocate and | ||
| distribute the money appropriated by Subsection (a) of this section | ||
| to each eligible institution, as defined by Section 62.181, | ||
| Education Code, as added by Section 2, Chapter 186 (S.B. 1295), Acts | ||
| of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021, in an amount equal | ||
| to the sum of the following: | ||
| (1) $250,000; and | ||
| (2) the product of: | ||
| (A) an amount of money (estimated to be $400); | ||
| and | ||
| (B) the average number of at-risk students | ||
| awarded a degree by the eligible institution each year during the | ||
| three state fiscal years preceding the first year of the state | ||
| fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2021. | ||
| SECTION 20. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE: HOME-DELIVERED | ||
| MEALS. The amount of $5,000,000 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 funding for | ||
| home-delivered meals during the two-year period beginning on the | ||
| effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 21. GENERAL LAND OFFICE AND VETERANS LAND BOARD: | ||
| TEXAS STATE VETERANS HOMES. The amount of $35,000,000 is | ||
| appropriated to the General Land Office and the Veterans Land 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 providing funding for HVAC upgrades, negative pressure COVID-19 | ||
| wards, and mobile HEPA air filtration units for Texas state | ||
| veterans homes during the two-year period beginning on the | ||
| effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 22. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: SUNRISE | ||
| CANYON HOSPITAL. The amount of $15,000,000 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 providing funding during the | ||
| two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act for the | ||
| expansion of capacity of Sunrise Canyon Hospital. | ||
| SECTION 23. HISTORICAL COMMISSION: | ||
| WASHINGTON-ON-THE-BRAZOS CAPITAL PLAN PROJECT. The amount of | ||
| $20,000,000 is appropriated to the Historical 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 providing | ||
| funding during the two-year period beginning on the effective date | ||
| of this Act for the purposes of the commission's capital plan | ||
| project for the Washington-on-the-Brazos state historic site. | ||
| SECTION 24. TRUSTEED PROGRAMS WITHIN THE OFFICE OF THE | ||
| GOVERNOR: VICTIMS OF CRIME. (a) The amount of $160,000,000 is | ||
| appropriated to the Trusteed Programs within 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. | ||
| (b) It is the intent of the legislature that grants made for | ||
| victims of crime during the state fiscal year beginning September | ||
| 1, 2021, and the state fiscal year beginning September 1, 2022, | ||
| equal grants made for victims of crime during the state fiscal year | ||
| beginning September 1, 2020. | ||
| SECTION 25. DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION RESOURCES: | ||
| CYBERSECURITY PROJECTS. (a) 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. Before spending money | ||
| appropriated under this subsection, the department must receive | ||
| approval for the proposed cybersecurity projects from the Joint | ||
| Oversight Committee on Investment in Information Technology | ||
| Improvement and Modernization Projects established under Section | ||
| 2054.578, Government Code. | ||
| (b) The capital budget authority of the Department of | ||
| Information Resources in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th | ||
| Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations | ||
| Act), is increased by $200,000,000 for the appropriation made under | ||
| Subsection (a) of this section. | ||
| SECTION 26. TEXAS FACILITIES COMMISSION: PERMIAN BASIN | ||
| BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CENTER. (a) The amount of $40,000,000 is | ||
| appropriated to the Texas Facilities 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 constructing a | ||
| 100-bed comprehensive behavioral health center to serve the Permian | ||
| Basin region during the two-year period beginning on the effective | ||
| date of this Act. | ||
| (b) Upon completion of the construction described by | ||
| Subsection (a) of this section, ownership of the building shall | ||
| transfer to the Permian Basin Behavioral Health Center controlled | ||
| by the Ector County Hospital District and the Midland County | ||
| Hospital District. | ||
| (c) The appropriation under Subsection (a) of this section | ||
| is contingent on the completion of a signed agreement between the | ||
| Texas Facilities Commission and the Ector County Hospital District | ||
| and the Midland County Hospital District guaranteeing the ongoing | ||
| operations of the comprehensive behavioral health center described | ||
| by Subsection (a) of this section by the Permian Basin Behavioral | ||
| Health Center to ensure the continuing benefit to the residents of | ||
| this state. | ||
| SECTION 27. OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL: SEXUAL ASSAULT | ||
| PROGRAM ACCOUNT. The amount of $52,277,114 is appropriated to the | ||
| Office of the Attorney General for deposit into the Sexual Assault | ||
| Program Account No. 5010 and for use by the office as authorized by | ||
| other law during 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. | ||
| SECTION 28. OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL: CRIME VICTIMS | ||
| COMPENSATION. The amount of $54,756,000 is appropriated to the | ||
| Office of the Attorney General for deposit into the Compensation to | ||
| Victims of Crime Account No. 469 and for use by the office during | ||
| the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act for | ||
| the purpose of compensating crime victims 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 29. APPROPRIATIONS FOR SHORTFALL IN COURT FEES. | ||
| (a) To address matters related to shortfalls in court fee | ||
| collections, the following amounts are appropriated to the | ||
| following entities 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 indicated purposes for the two-year period | ||
| beginning on the effective date of this Act: | ||
| (1) Comptroller of Public Accounts, Judiciary | ||
| Section: $7,000,000 for the purpose of addressing the backlog in | ||
| court cases, including to pay for visiting judges and support | ||
| staff; | ||
| (2) Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial | ||
| Council: | ||
| (A) $3,000,000 for the purpose of addressing the | ||
| backlog in court cases, including information technology support; | ||
| and | ||
| (B) for Strategy D.1.1., Texas Indigent Defense | ||
| Commission, as listed in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th | ||
| Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations | ||
| Act), $13,942,466 for deposit into the Fair Defense Account | ||
| No. 5073 and for use by the office for the purpose of addressing the | ||
| backlog in court cases, as authorized by other law; | ||
| (3) Office of Capital and Forensic Writs: $200,000 for | ||
| the purpose of addressing the backlog in court cases and paying | ||
| costs related to the coronavirus disease pandemic; and | ||
| (4) Texas Commission on Law Enforcement: $5,800,000 | ||
| for deposit into the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Account | ||
| No. 116 and for use by the commission as authorized by other law. | ||
| (b) During the two-year period beginning on the effective | ||
| date of this Act, in addition to the number of full-time equivalent | ||
| (FTE) employees other law authorizes the office to employ during | ||
| that period, the Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial | ||
| Council may employ out of money appropriated by Subsection | ||
| (a)(2)(A) of this section eight full-time equivalent (FTE) | ||
| employees. | ||
| (c) During the two-year period beginning on the effective | ||
| date of this Act, in addition to the number of full-time equivalent | ||
| (FTE) employees other law authorizes the office to employ during | ||
| that period, the Office of Capital and Forensic Writs may employ out | ||
| of money appropriated by Subsection (a)(3) of this section one | ||
| full-time equivalent (FTE) employee. | ||
| (d) The capital budget authority of the Office of Court | ||
| Administration, Texas Judicial Council, in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), | ||
| Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General | ||
| Appropriations Act), is increased by $1,330,680 for the | ||
| appropriation made under Subsection (a)(2)(A) of this section. | ||
| SECTION 30. COMMISSION ON STATE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS: | ||
| NEXT GENERATION 9-1-1 SERVICE FUND. (a) The amount of $150,000,000 | ||
| is appropriated to the Commission on State Emergency Communications | ||
| for deposit into the Next Generation 9-1-1 Service Fund No. 0195 | ||
| and for use by the commission as authorized by other law for the | ||
| deployment and reliable operation of next generation 9-1-1 service, | ||
| including equipment and administration costs, during 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. | ||
| (b) In accordance with Section 771.0713(f), Health and | ||
| Safety Code, it is the intent of the legislature that all money | ||
| appropriated under Subsection (a) of this section be distributed | ||
| not later than December 31, 2022, and all money distributed under | ||
| this subsection be spent not later than December 31, 2024, for the | ||
| purpose described by Subsection (a) of this section. | ||
| SECTION 31. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION: PRESIDIO CUSTOMS | ||
| INSPECTION STATION. The amount of $15,500,000 is appropriated to | ||
| the Department of Transportation 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 a customs | ||
| inspection station on the South Orient Rail Line in Presidio, | ||
| Texas, during the two-year period beginning on the effective date | ||
| of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 32. 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 during the | ||
| two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act for | ||
| coronavirus-related claims in TRS-Care and TRS-ActiveCare. | ||
| (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. | ||
| (c) Notwithstanding Subsection (b) of this section, it is | ||
| the intent of the legislature that the premiums for TRS-Care and | ||
| TRS-ActiveCare programs be calculated and adjusted taking into | ||
| consideration the money appropriated under this section. | ||
| SECTION 33. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: STAFFING | ||
| NEEDS. (a) The amount of $378,300,000 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 providing funding during the | ||
| two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act for the | ||
| Health and Human Services Commission to administer one-time grants | ||
| related to providing critical staffing needs resulting from | ||
| frontline health care workers affected by COVID-19, including | ||
| recruitment and retention bonuses for staff: | ||
| (1) of nursing facilities, assisted living | ||
| facilities, home health agencies, and facilities that serve persons | ||
| with intellectual or developmental disabilities in an intermediate | ||
| care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities or | ||
| related conditions (ICF/IID); or | ||
| (2) who provide community attendant services. | ||
| (b) It is the intent of the legislature that the Health and | ||
| Human Services Commission prioritize grants to grantees that comply | ||
| with the reporting requirements prescribed by Rider 143 (Health and | ||
| Human Services Commission), Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th | ||
| Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations | ||
| Act), the reporting requirements established by Chapter 588 (S.B. | ||
| 809), Acts of the 87th Legislature, 2021, or equivalent reporting | ||
| requirements established by the Health and Human Services | ||
| Commission. | ||
| (c) Annually, the Health and Human Services Commission | ||
| shall report to the Legislative Budget Board the grants awarded | ||
| under this section. The report must include, for the year covered | ||
| by the report, the amount of grants awarded, the award recipients, | ||
| and the total amount of each grant used by the recipient. The | ||
| report must be submitted to the Legislative Budget Board not later | ||
| than December 1 of the year in which the report is due. | ||
| (d) Of the amount appropriated under Subsection (a) of this | ||
| section: | ||
| (1) $200,000,000 shall be used only for grants for | ||
| nursing facilities; and | ||
| (2) $178,300,000 shall be used only for grants for | ||
| assisted living facilities, home health agencies, community | ||
| attendants, and facilities that serve persons with intellectual or | ||
| developmental disabilities in an intermediate care facility for | ||
| individuals with intellectual disabilities or related conditions | ||
| (ICF/IID). | ||
| (e) It is the intent of the legislature that the Health and | ||
| Human Services Commission consider federal COVID-19 relief money | ||
| received by providers when allocating the money described by | ||
| Subsection (d)(2) of this section. | ||
| SECTION 34. DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES: FEDERALLY | ||
| QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER INCUBATOR PROGRAM. The amount of | ||
| $20,000,000 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 | ||
| use during the two-year period beginning on the effective date of | ||
| this Act for the Federally Qualified Health Center Incubator | ||
| Program. | ||
| SECTION 35. DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES: EMERGENCY | ||
| MEDICAL SERVICES. (a) The amount of $21,700,000 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 purpose of providing funding for | ||
| emergency medical response service staffing, including: | ||
| (1) funding for programs to incentivize and increase | ||
| the number of Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) and paramedics | ||
| that provide care on an ambulance, including funding for emergency | ||
| medical services workforce development initiatives at regional | ||
| advisory councils; and | ||
| (2) funding for Emergency Medical Services (EMS) | ||
| education programs, including distance learning programs, to | ||
| increase the number of EMTs and paramedics graduating from EMS | ||
| education programs. | ||
| (b) It is the intent of the legislature that, consistent | ||
| with state law, the Department of State Health Services prioritize | ||
| funding appropriated under Subsection (a) of this section for rural | ||
| and underserved areas. | ||
| SECTION 36. PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT: EDUCATION AND | ||
| OUTREACH GRANTS. The amount of $40,000,000 is appropriated to the | ||
| Parks and Wildlife Department 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 to be used during the two-year period beginning on the | ||
| effective date of this Act for the purpose of providing funding for | ||
| grants throughout this state as authorized by other law and | ||
| consistent with Strategy C.2.1., Outreach and Education, as listed | ||
| in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular | ||
| Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations Act). | ||
| SECTION 37. GENERAL LAND OFFICE: BRAZORIA COUNTY BEACH AND | ||
| DUNE MAINTENANCE. The amount of $5,000,000 is appropriated to the | ||
| General Land Office 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 use by the office to maintain with Brazoria County | ||
| approximately 4,600 feet of beach and dunes along the Bluewater | ||
| Highway and Beach Access Road Five. | ||
| SECTION 38. GENERAL LAND OFFICE: ANALYSIS OF COASTAL TEXAS | ||
| STUDY DESIGN ELEMENTS. The amount of $300,000 is appropriated to | ||
| the General Land Office 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 to be used during the two-year period beginning on the | ||
| effective date of this Act for the purpose of providing funding for | ||
| a cost and component analysis of the Coastal Texas Study design | ||
| elements to be conducted by the Gulf Coast Protection District | ||
| under an agreement between the office and the district. | ||
| SECTION 39. TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY: INSTITUTE FOR A DISASTER | ||
| RESILIENT TEXAS. (a) The amount of $1,150,000 is appropriated to | ||
| Texas A&M University - Galveston 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 to the Institute | ||
| for a Disaster Resilient Texas. | ||
| (b) Out of amounts appropriated by Subsection (a) of this | ||
| section: | ||
| (1) $1,000,000 may be used only for Digital Flood Risk | ||
| Infrastructure for Underserved Communities; and | ||
| (2) $150,000 may be used only for office space in | ||
| Houston. | ||
| SECTION 40. TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY AND UNIVERSITY OF | ||
| HOUSTON: INSTITUTIONAL ENHANCEMENTS. The amount of $100,000,000 | ||
| is appropriated 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 institutional enhancement during the two-year | ||
| period beginning on the effective date of this Act to the following | ||
| entities and in the following amounts: | ||
| (1) $50,000,000 to Texas Tech University; and | ||
| (2) $50,000,000 to the University of Houston. | ||
| SECTION 41. COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS: TEXAS SAFE | ||
| KEEPING TRUST FUND. (a) The amount of $100,000,000 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 immediate deposit to an account or fund to | ||
| be managed by the Texas Treasury Safekeeping Trust Company as | ||
| trustee for the benefit of the State Preservation Board to maintain | ||
| the Bob Bullock State History Museum. | ||
| (b) If an appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this | ||
| section for any reason is determined by the United States | ||
| Department of the Treasury or any other qualified state or federal | ||
| authority to have been made for an improper use: | ||
| (1) the appropriated money may not be spent and shall | ||
| be retained in the treasury and available for later legislative | ||
| appropriation; and | ||
| (2) an amount equal to the amount of the appropriation | ||
| that was determined to have been made for an improper use is | ||
| appropriated from the general revenue fund to the comptroller of | ||
| public accounts for the purpose described by Subsection (a) of this | ||
| section. | ||
| SECTION 42. PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT: TEXAS STATE | ||
| AQUARIUM CENTER. The amount of $3,000,000 is appropriated to the | ||
| Parks and Wildlife Department 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 to the Texas State | ||
| Aquarium Center for wildlife research during the two-year period | ||
| beginning on the effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 43. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN: MARINE SCIENCE | ||
| INSTITUTE HOUSING REPLACEMENT. The amount of $3,000,000 is | ||
| appropriated to the University of Texas at Austin 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 Marine Science Institute student housing | ||
| replacement for the two-year period beginning on the effective date | ||
| of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 44. TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY: PROGRAM ENHANCEMENTS. | ||
| The amount of $3,000,000 is appropriated to the Texas Education | ||
| Agency 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 big brothers and big sisters program | ||
| technological staff enhancements for the two-year period beginning | ||
| on the effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 45. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN: BRISCOE GARNER | ||
| MUSEUM. The amount of $235,000 is appropriated to the University of | ||
| Texas at Austin 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 to the University of Texas at Austin for the Briscoe | ||
| Garner Museum for the two-year period beginning on the effective | ||
| date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 46. HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD: RURAL | ||
| VETERINARIANS GRANT PROGRAM. The amount of $1,000,000 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 providing | ||
| funding for the rural veterinarians grant program for the two-year | ||
| period beginning on the effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 47. STATE PRESERVATION BOARD: MAINTENANCE AND | ||
| CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. (a) The amount of $25,000,000 is | ||
| appropriated to the State Preservation 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 maintenance and | ||
| capital improvement projects during the state fiscal biennium | ||
| beginning September 1, 2021. | ||
| (b) The capital budget authority of the State Preservation | ||
| Board in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, | ||
| Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations Act), is | ||
| increased by $25,000,000 for the appropriation made under | ||
| Subsection (a) of this section. | ||
| SECTION 48. DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES AND HEALTH | ||
| AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: FEDERAL FUNDS FOR HOSPITALS. It is | ||
| the intent of the Legislature that the Department of State Health | ||
| Services and the Health and Human Services Commission, in | ||
| distributing any money received 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 distribute the | ||
| money appropriated by this Act to entities that are subject to the | ||
| hospital price transparency public disclosure requirements | ||
| required by 45 C.F.R. Sections 180.10 - 180.60 and, on | ||
| implementation of rules adopted under the chapter, by Chapter 327, | ||
| Health and Safety Code. | ||
| SECTION 49. REPORT ON FEDERAL FUNDS BY LEGISLATIVE BUDGET | ||
| BOARD. (a) The Legislative Budget Board, in consultation with the | ||
| comptroller of public accounts, shall report on the board's | ||
| Internet website: | ||
| (1) for each political subdivision in this state, an | ||
| informational listing of any money appropriated by this Act and | ||
| received by the subdivision; and | ||
| (2) for each state agency and each institution of | ||
| higher education that receives money appropriated by this Act, an | ||
| informational listing of the following: | ||
| (A) the amount of money received by the agency or | ||
| institution; | ||
| (B) the federal legislation that authorized | ||
| distribution of the money to the state, agency, or institution and | ||
| the state legislation, if applicable, that appropriated the money | ||
| to the agency or institution; | ||
| (C) the amount of money spent by the agency or | ||
| institution; | ||
| (D) the allowable uses for which the agency or | ||
| institution may spend money received by the agency or institution | ||
| and the purposes for which the agency or institution has spent the | ||
| money; | ||
| (E) the amount of money received by the agency or | ||
| institution: | ||
| (i) that the agency or institution has not | ||
| spent; and | ||
| (ii) that the agency or institution may | ||
| spend without further appropriation; and | ||
| (F) the time during which money received by the | ||
| agency or institution was spent by the agency or institution, | ||
| including the remaining time in which the agency or institution may | ||
| spend the money without further appropriation. | ||
| (b) This section does not apply to a hospital licensed under | ||
| Chapter 241, Health and Safety Code, or a hospital owned and | ||
| operated by this state. | ||
| (c) It is the intent of the legislature that information | ||
| required to be provided in a report on the Legislative Budget | ||
| Board's Internet website under Subsection (a) of this section must | ||
| be updated not less than once during each fiscal quarter and once on | ||
| the first day of each fiscal quarter that occurs on or after | ||
| December 1, 2021, until at least December 1, 2028. | ||
| SECTION 50. LEGISLATIVE INTENT REGARDING APPROPRIATIONS. | ||
| (a) It is the intent of the legislature that the appropriations | ||
| made by this Act: | ||
| (1) 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; and | ||
| (2) be used: | ||
| (A) only for purposes authorized by state and | ||
| federal law, including guidance issued by the United States | ||
| Department of the Treasury in 86 Fed. Reg. 26786 (May 17, 2021); and | ||
| (B) before all other methods of finance, if more | ||
| than one method of finance is available for the applicable purpose. | ||
| (b) Except as specifically provided otherwise by this Act, | ||
| it is the intent of the legislature that, if the United States | ||
| Department of the Treasury or any other qualified state or federal | ||
| authority determines that an appropriation made by this Act has | ||
| been made for an improper use, the appropriated money not be spent | ||
| and shall be retained in the treasury and available for later | ||
| legislative appropriation. | ||
| SECTION 51. APPROPRIATION AUTHORITY UNDER FEDERAL LAW. The | ||
| appropriations made under Sections 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, | ||
| 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, | ||
| 31, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, and 47 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 52. 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 53. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect | ||
| immediately. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 8 passed the Senate on | ||
| October 8, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; | ||
| October 15, 2021, Senate refused to concur in House amendments and | ||
| requested appointment of Conference Committee; October 15, 2021, | ||
| House granted request of the Senate; October 18, 2021, Senate | ||
| adopted Conference Committee Report by the following | ||
| vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 8 passed the House, with | ||
| amendments, on October 15, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 144, | ||
| Nays 0, one present not voting; October 15, 2021, House granted | ||
| request of the Senate for appointment of Conference Committee; | ||
| October 18, 2021, House adopted Conference Committee Report by the | ||
| following vote: Yeas 125, Nays 0, one present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
