Bill Text: TX SB8 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Comm Sub
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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-Comm_Sub.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-Comm_Sub.html
By: Nelson | S.B. No. 8 | |
(In the Senate - Filed October 1, 2021; October 1, 2021, | ||
read first time and referred to Committee on Finance; | ||
October 8, 2021, reported adversely, with favorable Committee | ||
Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 11, Nays 0; | ||
October 8, 2021, sent to printer.) | ||
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 8 | By: Nelson |
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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. 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 $2,462,085,730 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 hospitals, | ||
long-term care facilities, psychiatric hospitals, and nursing | ||
facilities; | ||
(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 credit of the | ||
Coronavirus Relief Fund No. 325 and may not be expended until | ||
appropriated by the legislature. | ||
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. 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 during the state fiscal year beginning September | ||
1, 2020. | ||
SECTION 7. PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCIES: 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: $806,836,021. | ||
(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 8. 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 9. 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 10. 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 11. TEXAS DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT: STATE | ||
OPERATIONS CENTER. (a) 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. | ||
(b) The capital budget authority of the Texas Division of | ||
Emergency Management in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations | ||
Act), is increased by $300,000,000 for the appropriation made under | ||
Subsection (a) of this section. | ||
SECTION 12. 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. | ||
(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 13. HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD: | ||
UNIVERSITY CONSTRUCTION. 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. | ||
SECTION 14. 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 completing | ||
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 15. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: STAFFING | ||
NEEDS. (a) The amount of $400,000,000 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 | ||
Health and Human Services Commission to administer one-time grants | ||
related to critical staffing needs of frontline health care workers | ||
affected by COVID-19, including recruitment and retention bonuses | ||
for nursing facilities, assisted living facilities, home health | ||
facilities, community attendants, and emergency medical services | ||
providers, during the two-year period beginning on the effective | ||
date of this Act. | ||
(b) It is the intent of the legislature that the Health and | ||
Human Services Commission prioritize grantees that comply with the | ||
reporting requirements prescribed by Rider 143, 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, Regular Session, 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 may be used only for grants for | ||
nursing facilities; and | ||
(2) $200,000,000 may be used only for grants for | ||
assisted living facilities, home health facilities, community | ||
attendants, and emergency medical services providers. | ||
SECTION 16. 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 17. 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 18. 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 19. 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 20. DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES: FEDERALLY | ||
QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER INCUBATOR PROGRAM. The amount of | ||
$5,000,000 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 21. 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 in Starr County during the two-year period | ||
beginning on the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 22. 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 23. 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 24. 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 25. 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 26. 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 27. 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 28. HISTORICAL COMMISSION: | ||
WASHINGTON-ON-THE-BRAZOS CAPITAL PLAN PROJECT. The amount of | ||
$20,000,000 is appropriated to the Texas 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 29. LEGISLATIVE INTENT REGARDING APPROPRIATIONS. | ||
(a) 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. | ||
(b) It is the intent of the legislature that the | ||
appropriations made by this Act be used only for purposes | ||
authorized by state and federal law, including guidance issued by | ||
the United States Department of the Treasury as part of the interim | ||
final rules published in 86 Fed. Reg. 26786 (May 17, 2021). | ||
(c) It is the intent of the legislature that the | ||
appropriations made by this Act be used before all other methods of | ||
finance if more than one method of finance has been appropriated by | ||
this and a prior act of the legislature for use during a state | ||
fiscal year. | ||
(d) It is the intent of the legislature that if the purpose | ||
of an appropriation, 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, the | ||
appropriated money not be spent and instead be retained in the | ||
treasury and available for later legislative appropriation. | ||
SECTION 30. APPROPRIATION AUTHORITY UNDER FEDERAL LAW. The | ||
appropriations made under Sections 2, 3, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, | ||
15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, and 28 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 31. 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 32. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect | ||
immediately. | ||
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