Texas 2021 - 87th 3rd C.S.

Texas House Bill HB160 Compare Versions

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1	1	By: Wilson H.B. No. 160
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4	4	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
5	5	AN ACT
6	6	relating to making supplemental appropriations for education
7	7	initiatives, institutions, and related agencies and giving
8	8	direction regarding appropriations.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM: TRS-CARE AND
11	11	TRS-ACTIVECARE. (a) The amount of $286,337,761 is appropriated to
12	12	the Teacher Retirement System from money received by this state
13	13	from the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund (42 U.S.C. Section
14	14	802) established under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Pub. L.
15	15	No. 117-2) and deposited to the credit of the Coronavirus Relief
16	16	Fund No. 325 for the purpose of providing funding for
17	17	coronavirus-related claims in TRS-Care and TRS-ActiveCare incurred
18	18	before September 1, 2021, during the two-year period beginning on
19	19	the effective date of this Act.
20	20	(b) It is the intent of the legislature that premiums for
21	21	TRS-Care and TRS-ActiveCare insurance policies not increase as a
22	22	result of coronavirus-related claims incurred before September 1,
23	23	2021.
24	24	SECTION 2. HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD: TEXAS CHILD
25	25	MENTAL HEALTH CARE CONSORTIUM. (a) The amount of $113,082,887 is
26	26	appropriated to the Higher Education Coordinating Board from money
27	27	received by this state from the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery
28	28	Fund (42 U.S.C. Section 802) established under the American Rescue
29	29	Plan Act of 2021 (Pub. L. No. 117-2) and deposited to the credit of
30	30	the Coronavirus Relief Fund No. 325 for the purpose of supporting
31	31	the operations and expansion of the Texas Child Mental Health Care
32	32	Consortium to expand mental health initiatives for children during
33	33	the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act. At
34	34	the direction of the Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium, the
35	35	Higher Education Coordinating Board shall transfer appropriations
36	36	through interagency contracts with health-related institutions of
37	37	higher education for the following purposes:
38	38	(1) $20,578,442 for enhancements and expansion of the
39	39	Child Psychiatry Access Network;
40	40	(2) $56,218,976 for enhancements and expansion of the
41	41	Texas Child Access Through Telemedicine program;
42	42	(3) $32,991,791 for expansion of the child and
43	43	adolescent mental health workforce; and
44	44	(4) $3,293,676 for administrative expenses.
45	45	(b) Not later than December 1, 2021, out of money
46	46	appropriated by Subsection (a) of this section, the Higher
47	47	Education Coordinating Board shall transfer $3,293,676 to an
48	48	institution of higher education designated by the Texas Child
49	49	Mental Health Care Consortium for oversight and evaluation of the
50	50	outlined initiatives by means of interagency agreements or any
51	51	other necessary contracts.
52	52	(c) The Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium may
53	53	transfer up to 10 percent of money appropriated for the purposes
54	54	described by Subsection (a)(1), (2), or (3) of this section to any
55	55	of the other purposes described by those provisions. The Texas
56	56	Child Mental Health Care Consortium may transfer more than 10
57	57	percent of funds for those purposes only with the prior approval for
58	58	the transfer and expenditure from the Legislative Budget Board. A
59	59	request for approval of the transfer and expenditure by the
60	60	consortium is considered approved unless the Legislative Budget
61	61	Board issues a written disapproval within 10 business days of the
62	62	receipt and review of the request by the Legislative Budget Board.
63	63	SECTION 3. TEXAS DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT: STATE
64	64	OPERATIONS CENTER. (a) The amount of $300,000,000 is appropriated
65	65	to the Texas Division of Emergency Management from money received
66	66	by this state from the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund (42
67	67	U.S.C. Section 802) established under the American Rescue Plan Act
68	68	of 2021 (Pub. L. No. 117-2) and deposited to the credit of the
69	69	Coronavirus Relief Fund No. 325 for the purpose of the acquisition
70	70	of land for, and construction of, a state operations center during
71	71	the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act.
72	72	(b) The capital budget authority of the Texas Division of
73	73	Emergency Management is increased by $300,000,000 for the
74	74	appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this section.
75	75	SECTION 4. HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD: UNIVERSITY
76	76	CONSTRUCTION. Contingent on legislation by the 87th Legislature,
77	77	3rd Called Session, 2021, relating to the issuance of tuition
78	78	revenue bonds, becoming law, the amount of $325,000,000 is
79	79	appropriated to the Higher Education Coordinating Board from money
80	80	received by this state from the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery
81	81	Fund (42 U.S.C. Section 802) established under the American Rescue
82	82	Plan Act of 2021 (Pub. L. No. 117-2) and deposited to the credit of
83	83	the Coronavirus Relief Fund No. 325 for the purpose of university
84	84	construction during the two-year period beginning on the effective
85	85	date of this Act.
86	86	SECTION 5. NATIONAL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY FUND. The amount
87	87	of $1,000,000,000 is appropriated to the National Research
88	88	University Fund from the money received by this state from the
89	89	Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund (42 U.S.C. Section 802)
90	90	established under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Pub. L.
91	91	No. 117-2) and deposited to the credit of the Coronavirus Relief
92	92	Fund No. 325 to be used to increase the corpus of the fund. It is the
93	93	intent of the Legislature that the methodology used to determine
94	94	the total distribution from the fund be reset to reflect this
95	95	additional appropriation.
96	96	SECTION 6. LEGISLATIVE INTENT REGARDING APPROPRIATIONS.
97	97	(a) It is the intent of the legislature that the appropriations made
98	98	by this Act are one-time appropriations made for the purpose of
99	99	addressing the needs of this state for the two-year period
100	100	beginning on the effective date of this Act.
101	101	(b) It is the intent of the legislature that the
102	102	appropriations made by this Act be used only for purposes
103	103	authorized by state and federal law, including guidance issued by
104	104	the United States Department of the Treasury as part of the interim
105	105	final rules published in 86 Fed. Reg. 26786 (May 17, 2021).
106	106	(c) It is the intent of the legislature that the
107	107	appropriations made by this Act be used before all other methods of
108	108	finance if more than one method of finance has been appropriated by
109	109	this and a prior act of the legislature for use during a state
110	110	fiscal year.
111	111	(d) It is the intent of the legislature that if the purpose
112	112	of an appropriation, for any reason, is determined by the United
113	113	States Department of the Treasury or any other qualified state or
114	114	federal authority to have been made for an improper use, the
115	115	appropriated money not be spent and instead be retained in the
116	116	treasury and available for later legislative appropriation.
117	117	SECTION 7. APPROPRIATION AUTHORITY UNDER FEDERAL LAW. The
118	118	appropriations made under Sections 2, 3, 4, and 5 of this Act using
119	119	money received by this state from the Coronavirus State Fiscal
120	120	Recovery Fund (42 U.S.C. Section 802) established under the
121	121	American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Pub. L. No. 117-2) are made in
122	122	accordance with 42 U.S.C. Section 802(c)(1)(C), which allows money
123	123	from the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund to be used to
124	124	provide government services to the extent of a reduction in the
125	125	revenue of a state government caused by the COVID-19 public health
126	126	emergency relative to revenues collected in the most recent full
127	127	fiscal year of the state government that ended before that
128	128	emergency.
129	129	SECTION 8. APPLICABILITY OF TRANSFER PROVISIONS OF OTHER
130	130	LAW. The transfer provisions of Part 14, Article IX, Chapter 1053
131	131	(S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the
132	132	General Appropriations Act), and the transfer provisions of Section
133	133	65, Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular
134	134	Session, 2021 (the Supplemental Appropriations Act), apply to the
135	135	appropriations made by this Act to allow appropriate transfer of
136	136	appropriations made by this Act as if the appropriations made by the
137	137	General Appropriations Act, the Supplemental Appropriations Act,
138	138	and this Act were all a part of the same Act, to the extent permitted
139	139	by federal law.
140	140	SECTION 9. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect
141	141	immediately.