Bill Text: TX SB8 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to making supplemental appropriations and giving direction regarding appropriations.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 24-12)
Status: (Passed) 2021-11-08 - Effective immediately [SB8 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB8-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to making supplemental appropriations and giving direction regarding appropriations.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 24-12)
Status: (Passed) 2021-11-08 - Effective immediately [SB8 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB8-Introduced.html
87S30545 SRA-D | ||
By: Nelson | S.B. No. 8 |
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relating to making appropriations of certain federal coronavirus | ||
relief money. | ||
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: $941,836,021. | ||
(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 S.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. 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 14. APPROPRIATION AUTHORITY UNDER FEDERAL LAW. The | ||
appropriations made under Sections 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 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 15. 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 16. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect | ||
immediately. |