Bill Text: TX SR94 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Enrolled

Texas Senate Resolution 94 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Suspending the limitations on the conference committee jurisdiction for S.B. 8.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Passed) 2021-10-18 - Reported enrolled [SR94 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-SR94-Enrolled.html



	By: Nelson	S.R. No. 94



	SENATE RESOLUTION
	BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE Senate of the State of Texas, That
	Senate Rule 12.03 and 12.04, be suspended in part as provided by
	Senate Rule 12.08 to enable consideration of, and action on, the
	following specific matters which may be contained in the
	Conference Committee Report on Senate Bill 8.
	A. Suspend Senate Rule 12.03 (4) to allow the Conference
	Committee to add text on any matter which is not included in
	either the House or Senate version of the bill to read as follows:
	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.
	B. Suspend Senate Rule 12.03 (4) to allow the Conference
	Committee to add text on any matter which is not included in
	either the House or Senate version of the bill to read as follows:
	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.
	C. Suspend Senate Rule 12.03 (4) to allow the Conference
	Committee to add text on any matter which is not included in
	either the House or Senate version of the bill to read as follows:
	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.
	D. Suspend Senate Rule 12.03 (4) to allow the Conference
	Committee to add text on any matter which is not included in
	either the House or Senate version of the bill to read as follows:
	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.
	E. Suspend Senate Rule 12.03 (4) to allow the Conference
	Committee to add text on any matter which is not included in
	either the House or Senate version of the bill to read as follows:
	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.
	F. Suspend Senate Rule 12.03 (4) to allow the Conference
	Committee to add text on any matter which is not included in
	either the House or Senate version of the bill to read as follows:
	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.
	G. Suspend Senate Rule 12.04 (4) to allow the Conference
	Committee to exceed the amount of an item of appropriation
	contained in one version of the bill to read as follows:
	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.
	H. Suspend Senate Rule 12.03 (4) to allow the Conference
	Committee to add text on any matter which is not included in
	either the House or Senate version of the bill to read as follows:
	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.
	I. Suspend Senate Rule 12.03 (4) to allow the Conference
	Committee to add text on any matter which is not included in
	either the House or Senate version of the bill to read as follows:
	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, 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 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.
	J. Suspend Senate Rule 12.04 (4) to allow the Conference
	Committee to exceed the amount of an item of appropriation
	contained in one version of the bill to read as follows:
	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.
	K. Suspend Senate Rule 12.04 (5) to allow the Conference
	Committee to add an item of appropriation that is not in either
	version of the bill to read as follows; Suspend Senate Rule 12.03
	(4) to allow the Conference Committee to add text on any matter
	which is not included in either the House or Senate version of the
	bill to read as follows:
	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.
	L. Suspend Senate Rule 12.03 (4) to allow the Conference
	Committee to add text on any matter which is not included in
	either the House or Senate version of the bill to read as follows:
	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).
	M. Suspend Senate Rule 12.04 (5) to allow the Conference
	Committee to add an item of appropriation that is not in either
	version of the bill to read as follows; Suspend Senate Rule 12.03
	(4) to allow the Conference Committee to add text on any matter
	which is not included in either the House or Senate version of the
	bill to read as follows:
	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.
	N. Suspend Senate Rule 12.04 (5) to allow the Conference
	Committee to add an item of appropriation that is not in either
	version of the bill to read as follows; Suspend Senate Rule 12.03
	(4) to allow the Conference Committee to add text on any matter
	which is not included in either the House or Senate version of the
	bill to read as follows:
	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.
	O. Suspend Senate Rule 12.04 (5) to allow the Conference
	Committee to add an item of appropriation that is not in either
	version of the bill to read as follows; Suspend Senate Rule 12.03
	(4) to allow the Conference Committee to add text on any matter
	which is not included in either the House or Senate version of the
	bill to read as follows:
	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.
	P. Suspend Senate Rule 12.04 (5) to allow the Conference
	Committee to add an item of appropriation that is not in either
	version of the bill to read as follows; Suspend Senate Rule 12.03
	(4) to allow the Conference Committee to add text on any matter
	which is not included in either the House or Senate version of the
	bill to read as follows:
	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.
	Q. Suspend Senate Rule 12.04 (5) to allow the Conference
	Committee to add an item of appropriation that is not in either
	version of the bill to read as follows; Suspend Senate Rule 12.03
	(4) to allow the Conference Committee to add text on any matter
	which is not included in either the House or Senate version of the
	bill to read as follows:
	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.
	R. Suspend Senate Rule 12.04 (5) to allow the Conference
	Committee to add an item of appropriation that is not in either
	version of the bill to read as follows; Suspend Senate Rule 12.03
	(4) to allow the Conference Committee to add text on any matter
	which is not included in either the House or Senate version of the
	bill to read as follows:
	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.
	S. Suspend Senate Rule 12.04 (5) to allow the Conference
	Committee to add an item of appropriation that is not in either
	version of the bill to read as follows; Suspend Senate Rule 12.03
	(4) to allow the Conference Committee to add text on any matter
	which is not included in either the House or Senate version of the
	bill to read as follows:
	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.
	T. Suspend Senate Rule 12.04 (5) to allow the Conference
	Committee to add an item of appropriation that is not in either
	version of the bill to read as follows; Suspend Senate Rule 12.03
	(4) to allow the Conference Committee to add text on any matter
	which is not included in either the House or Senate version of the
	bill to read as follows:
	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.
	U. Suspend Senate Rule 12.04 (5) to allow the Conference
	Committee to add an item of appropriation that is not in either
	version of the bill to read as follows; Suspend Senate Rule 12.03
	(4) to allow the Conference Committee to add text on any matter
	which is not included in either the House or Senate version of the
	bill to read as follows:
	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.
	V. Suspend Senate Rule 12.03 (4) to allow the Conference
	Committee to add text on any matter which is not included in
	either the House or Senate version of the bill to read as follows:
	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.
	W. Suspend Senate Rule 12.03 (4) to allow the Conference
	Committee to add text on any matter which is not included in
	either the House or Senate version of the bill to read as follows:
	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.
	X. Suspend Senate Rule 12.03 (4) to allow the Conference
	Committee to add text on any matter which is not included in
	either the House or Senate version of the bill to read as follows:
	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.
	Y. Suspend Senate Rule 12.03 (4) to allow the Conference
	Committee to add text on any matter which is not included in
	either the House or Senate version of the bill to read as follows:
	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.


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		President of the Senate

		I hereby certify that the
		above Resolution was adopted by
		the Senate on October 18, 2021,
		by the following vote: Yeas 31,
	Nays 0.


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		Secretary of the Senate