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22 By: Huffman S.B. No. 2193
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77 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
88 AN ACT
99 relating to directing payment, after approval, of certain
1010 miscellaneous claims and judgments against the state out of funds
1111 designated by this Act; making appropriations.
1212 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1313 SECTION 1. The following sums of money are appropriated out
1414 of the General Revenue Fund No. 0001 for payment of itemized claims
1515 and judgments plus interest, if any, against the State of Texas:
1616 To pay claim number 95M20355 to Baylor Scott & White Health,
1717 LLC for replacement of a void refund of credit warrant.
1818 $1,988.64
1919 To pay claim number 95M20356 to Baylor Scott & White Health,
2020 LLC for replacement of a void refund of credit warrant.
2121 $1,933.40
2222 To pay claim number 95M20372 to Scott & White Memorial
2323 Hospital for replacement of a void refund of credit warrant.
2424 $9,453.00
2525 To pay claim number 95M23364 to a confidential payee for
2626 replacement of a void franchise tax refund warrant.
2727 $167.00
2828 To pay claim number 95M23365 to a confidential payee for
2929 replacement of a void franchise tax refund warrant.
3030 $1,100.91
3131 To pay claim number 95M23372 to a confidential payee for
3232 replacement of a void franchise tax refund warrant.
3333 $188,045.17
3434 To pay claim number 95M23392 to a confidential payee for
3535 replacement of a void sales tax refund warrant.
3636 $43,825.45
3737 To pay claim number 95M23395 to a confidential payee for
3838 replacement of a void sales tax refund warrant.
3939 $251,145.94
4040 To pay claim number 95M23503 to the Hidalgo County Treasurer
4141 for record locator services.
4242 $2,166.38
4343 To pay claim number 95M23506 to a confidential payee for
4444 replacement of a void sales tax refund warrant.
4545 $113,531.99
4646 To pay claim number 95M23525 to Baylor Scott & White Health,
4747 LLC for replacement of a void newborn screening kit warrant.
4848 $9,225.08
4949 To pay claim number 95M23526 to Baylor Scott & White Health,
5050 LLC for replacement of a void newborn screening kit warrant.
5151 $3,148.68
5252 To pay claim number 95M23527 to Baylor Scott & White Health,
5353 LLC for replacement of a void newborn screening kit warrant.
5454 $3,645.84
5555 To pay claim number 95M23529 to Baylor Scott & White Health,
5656 LLC for replacement of a void newborn screening kit warrant.
5757 $3,590.60
5858 To pay claim number 95M23530 to Baylor Scott & White Health,
5959 LLC for replacement of a void newborn screening kit warrant.
6060 $2,099.12
6161 To pay claim number 95M23536 to Baylor Scott & White Health,
6262 LLC for replacement of a void newborn screening kit warrant.
6363 $1,712.44
6464 To pay claim number 95M23537 to Baylor Scott & White Health,
6565 LLC for replacement of a void newborn screening kit warrant.
6666 $2,596.28
6767 To pay claim number 95M23593 to Baylor Medical Center at
6868 Irving for replacement of a void refund of revenue warrant.
6969 $4,300.80
7070 To pay claim number 95M23623 to Jerod White for a refund of a
7171 fee.
7272 $303.75
7373 To pay claim number 95M23630 to the Harris County Treasurer's
7474 Office for reimbursement for COVID-19 services.
7575 $1,270.52
7676 To pay claim number 95M23633 to Baylor Scott & White Health,
7777 LLC for replacement of a void refund of credit warrant.
7878 $6,794.52
7979 To pay claim number 95M23634 to Baylor Scott & White Health,
8080 LLC for replacement of a void refund of credit warrant.
8181 $1,657.20
8282 To pay claim number 95M23635 to Baylor Scott & White Health,
8383 LLC for replacement of a void refund of credit warrant.
8484 $2,264.84
8585 To pay claim number 95M23636 to Baylor Scott & White Health,
8686 LLC for replacement of a void refund of credit warrant.
8787 $16,185.32
8888 To pay claim number 95M23637 to Baylor Scott & White Health,
8989 LLC for replacement of a void refund of credit warrant.
9090 $1,325.76
9191 To pay claim number 95M23638 to Baylor Scott & White Health,
9292 LLC for replacement of a void refund of credit warrant.
9393 $2,320.08
9494 To pay claim number 95M23663 to Community Living Concepts,
9595 Inc., Intermediate Care Facilities for services for persons with
9696 intellectual disabilities.
9797 $7,331.50
9898 To pay claim number 95M23682 to Quanzella Jackson for
9999 replacement of a void unclaimed property warrant.
100100 $99,198.48
101101 To pay claim number 95M23686 to Ramiro Gomez for replacement
102102 of a void motor vehicle sales claim warrant.
103103 $1,249.69
104104 To pay claim number 95M23688 to Development Associates of
105105 Texas, Inc. for plan review compliance assessment services.
106106 $250.00
107107 To pay claim number 95M24033 to Chartwell Community Services
108108 DBA Jordan Health Services for community care services.
109109 $28,260.40
110110 To pay claim number 95M24035 to JHC Operations, LLC DBA
111111 Jordan Health Services for community care services.
112112 $231,213.64
113113 To pay claim number 95M24037 to Chartwell Community Services,
114114 Inc. DBA Jordan Health Services for community care services.
115115 $13,207.04
116116 To pay claim number 95M24054 to QuickLaunch, LLC for
117117 replacement of a void warrant.
118118 $59,000.00
119119 To pay claim number 95M24075 to the Hidalgo County District
120120 Clerk for court costs and filing fees.
121121 $39,752.52
122122 To pay claim number 95M24082 to Jennifer Lynn Follett and
123123 Charles Gordon Follett, Independent Co-Administrators for
124124 replacement of a void unclaimed property warrant.
125125 $67,345.52
126126 To pay claim 95M24096 to Community Living Concepts, Inc.,
127127 Intermediate Care Facilities for services for people with
128128 intellectual disabilities.
129129 $3,355.75
130130 To pay claim number 95M24109 to Chartwell Community Services,
131131 Inc. for community care.
132132 $29,817.20
133133 To pay claim number 95M24137 to Chartwell Community Services,
134134 Inc. DBA Jordan Health Services for community care.
135135 $2,714.75
136136 To pay claim number 95M24144 to Chartwell Community Services,
137137 Inc. DBA Jordan Health Services for community care.
138138 $99,370.60
139139 To pay claim number 95M24147 to a confidential payee for
140140 replacement of a void warrant for franchise tax refund.
141141 $85,870.13
142142 To pay claim number 95M24152 to Legacy Hospice, LLC for
143143 hospice services.
144144 $55,042.80
145145 To pay claim number 95M24173 to Dean Smith for replacement of
146146 a void unclaimed property warrant.
147147 $317.15
148148 To pay claim number 95M24175 to a confidential payee for
149149 replacement of a void insurance premium tax refund warrant.
150150 $59,022.62
151151 To pay claim number 95M24195 to Chartwell Community Services,
152152 Inc. for community care services.
153153 $7,609.77
154154 To pay claim number 95M24213 to a confidential payee for
155155 replacement of a void insurance premium tax refund warrant.
156156 $86,397.70
157157 To pay claim number 95M24226 to PTCAA Texas, LP for
158158 replacement of a void retailer bonus claim form.
159159 $1,000.00
160160 To pay claim number 95M24301 to a confidential payee for
161161 replacement of a void franchise tax refund warrant.
162162 $490,125.56
163163 To pay claim number 95M24307 to Big Bend Telephone Company,
164164 Inc. for local telephone services.
165165 $43.89
166166 To pay claim number 95M24327 to the Estate of Anita
167167 Stubblefield for replacement of a void warrant.
168168 $136.89
169169 To pay claim number 95M24350 to Superior Healthplan, Inc. for
170170 replacement of a void warrant for disability determination
171171 services.
172172 $59,272.57
173173 To pay claim number 95M24398 to Wallace Perez for replacement
174174 of a void unclaimed property warrant.
175175 $145.48
176176 To pay claim number 95M24418 to a confidential payee for
177177 replacement of a void franchise tax refund warrant.
178178 $6,274.59
179179 To pay claim number 95M24489 to McKesson Medical-Surgical
180180 Government Solutions, LLC for isolation non-surgical gowns.
181181 $16,067.40
182182 To pay claim number 95M24490 to McKesson Medical-Surgical
183183 Government Solutions, LLC for shoe non-skid sole covers.
184184 $16,560.00
185185 To pay claim number 95M24491 to Community Living Concepts,
186186 Inc., Intermediate Care Facilities for services for people with
187187 intellectual disabilities.
188188 $7,020.80
189189 To pay claim number 95M24500 to National Medical Services,
190190 Inc. for controlled substance analysis.
191191 $82.00
192192 To pay claim number 95M24550 to a confidential payee for
193193 replacement of a void franchise tax refund warrant.
194194 $8,256.02
195195 To pay claim number 95M25005 to the Travis County District
196196 Clerk for court costs and filing fees.
197197 $33,785.22
198198 To pay claim number 95M25006 to the Travis County District
199199 Clerk for court costs and filing fees.
200200 $41,369.10
201201 To pay claim number 95M25007 to the Travis County District
202202 Clerk for court costs and filing fees.
203203 $41,220.42
204204 To pay claim number 95M25008 to the Travis County District
205205 Clerk for court costs and filing fees.
206206 $27,620.28
207207 To pay claim number 95M25014 to the Travis County District
208208 Clerk for court costs and filing fees.
209209 $41,129.26
210210 To pay claim number 95M25015 to the Travis County District
211211 Clerk for court costs and filing fees.
212212 $36,996.30
213213 To pay claim number 95M25017 to the Travis County District
214214 Clerk for court costs and filing fees.
215215 $32,158.32
216216 To pay claim number 95M25034 to Care Improvement Plus South
217217 Central Insurance Company for replacement of a void warrant for
218218 Medicare advantage special needs plan.
219219 $211,790.00
220220 To pay claim number 95M25043 to Jay Shree Meladi MAA, LLC, DBA
221221 Stockton Pharmacy for vendor drug program.
222222 $42,100.95
223223 To pay claim number 95M25090 to Will-O-Bell for nursing home
224224 services.
225225 $6,021.57
226226 To pay claim number 95M25108 to Texas State University -
227227 Office of Sponsored Programs for environmental flow studies.
228228 $25,941.85
229229 To pay claim number 95M25112 to a confidential payee for
230230 replacement of a void warrant for franchise tax refund.
231231 $104,195.76
232232 To pay claim number 95M25142 to a confidential payee for
233233 replacement of a void warrant for sales tax refund.
234234 $102,093.02
235235 To pay claim number 95M25176 to a confidential payee for
236236 replacement of a void warrant for franchise tax refund.
237237 $333,457.19
238238 To pay claim number 95M25208 to a confidential payee for
239239 replacement of a void warrant for franchise tax refund.
240240 $143,840.72
241241 To pay claim number 95MT2501 to Lonestar Social Services, LLC
242242 for a settlement resulting from a breach of contract claim for
243243 unpaid services, AG No. CX3278098396.
244244 $416,000.00
245245 To pay claim number 95MT2502 to Educational Testing Service
246246 for a judgment by an administrative law judge resulting from a
247247 contract dispute, AG No. CX1611072118.
248248 $4,238,727.36
249249 To pay claim number 95MT2503 to Alma Garcia for a wrongful
250250 death settlement, AG No. CX0090644230.
251251 $1,000,000.00
252252 SECTION 2. The following sums of money are appropriated out
253253 of the State Highway Fund No. 0006 for payment of itemized claims
254254 and judgments plus interest, if any, against the State of Texas:
255255 To pay claim number 95M23363 to Southwest Surveying and
256256 Mapping Partners, LLC for professional personnel and a consultant
257257 fee.
258258 $79,443.23
259259 To pay claim number 95M23571 to Neopost c/o Quadient Holdings
260260 USA, Inc. for replacement of a canceled leasing payment warrant.
261261 $1,725.00
262262 To pay claim number 95M24069 to BGE, Inc. for engineering
263263 services.
264264 $308,664.33
265265 To pay claim number 95M24083 to the City of Houston Planning
266266 and Development Department for expansion of Houston Bike Share's
267267 B-Cycle Program Project.
268268 $53,424.90
269269 To pay claim number 95M24139 to Geosolutions, LLC for
270270 professional surveying services.
271271 $172,495.16
272272 To pay claim number 95M24190 to Concord Commercial Services,
273273 Inc. for irrigation maintenance.
274274 $4,248.40
275275 To pay claim number 95M24395 to TXU Energy Replacement for
276276 void warrants for electrical utility bill payments.
277277 $4,543.82
278278 SECTION 3. The following sum of money is appropriated out of
279279 the Federal Disaster Fund No. 0092 for payment of itemized claims
280280 and judgments plus interest, if any, against the State of Texas:
281281 To pay claim number 95M24303 to a confidential payee for
282282 replacement of a void payroll warrant.
283283 $711.84
284284 SECTION 4. The following sum of money is appropriated out of
285285 the Coronavirus Relief Fund No. 0325 for payment of itemized claims
286286 and judgments plus interest, if any, against the State of Texas:
287287 To pay claim number 95M25250 to Uvalde County for COVID-19
288288 health disparities charges.
289289 $73,028.34
290290 SECTION 5. The following sum of money is appropriated out of
291291 the Economic Stabilization Fund No. 0599 for payment of itemized
292292 claims and judgments plus interest, if any, against the State of
293293 Texas:
294294 To pay claim number 95M24207 to Valley Baptist Medical Center
295295 for replacement of a void economic stabilization warrant.
296296 $84,292.02
297297 SECTION 6. The following sum of money is appropriated out of
298298 the Sales Tax Guaranty Trust Account No. 0962 for payment of
299299 itemized claims and judgments plus interest, if any, against the
300300 State of Texas:
301301 To pay claim number 95M24477 to a confidential payee for
302302 replacement of a void warrant for sales tax guaranty trust.
303303 $500.00
304304 SECTION 7. The following sums of money are appropriated to
305305 the office of the attorney general out of the suspense account
306306 established by the comptroller of public accounts and the attorney
307307 general in the General Revenue Fund No. 0001 for payment of the
308308 following itemized claims and judgments plus interest, if any,
309309 against the State of Texas:
310310 To pay Keller Postman, LLC legal fees and expenses related to
311311 work performed pursuant to a contingency fee outside counsel
312312 contract, OCC No. 2022-302-0530, in reaching the final judgment in
313313 State of Texas v. Meta Platforms, Inc. f/k/a Facebook, Inc., Cause
314314 No. 22-0121, District Court of Harrison County, 71st Judicial
315315 District.
316316 $96,648,243.00
317317 To pay McKool Smith, P.C. legal fees and expenses related to
318318 work performed pursuant to a contingency fee outside counsel
319319 contract, OCC No. 2022-302-0531, in reaching the final judgment in
320320 State of Texas v. Meta Platforms, Inc. f/k/a Facebook Inc., Cause
321321 No. 22-0121, District Court of Harrison County, 71st Judicial
322322 District.
323323 $46,003,879.00
324324 SECTION 8. (a) Before any claim or judgment may be paid
325325 from money appropriated by this Act, the claim or judgment must be
326326 verified and substantiated by the administrator of the special fund
327327 or account against which the claim or judgment is to be charged and
328328 be approved by the attorney general and the comptroller of public
329329 accounts. Any claim or judgment itemized in this Act that has not
330330 been verified and substantiated by the administrator of the special
331331 fund or account and approved by the attorney general and the
332332 comptroller by August 31, 2027, may not be paid from money
333333 appropriated by this Act.
334334 (b) Each claim or judgment paid from money appropriated by
335335 this Act must contain such information as the comptroller of public
336336 accounts requires but at a minimum must contain the specific reason
337337 for the claim or judgment. If the claim is for a void warrant, the
338338 claim must include a specific identification of the goods,
339339 services, refunds, or other items for which the warrant was
340340 originally issued. In addition, it must include a certification by
341341 the original payee or the original payee's successors, heirs, or
342342 assigns that the debt is still outstanding. If the claim or
343343 judgment is for unpaid goods or services, it must be accompanied by
344344 an invoice or other acceptable documentation of the unpaid account
345345 and any other information that may be required by the comptroller.
346346 SECTION 9. Subject to the conditions and restrictions in
347347 this Act and provisions stated in the judgments, the comptroller of
348348 public accounts is authorized and directed to issue one or more
349349 warrants on the state treasury, as soon as possible following the
350350 effective date of this Act, in favor of each of the individuals,
351351 firms, or corporations named or claim numbers identified in this
352352 Act, in an amount not to exceed the amount set opposite their
353353 respective names or claim numbers and shall mail or deliver to each
354354 of the individuals, firms, or corporations associated with each
355355 claim one or more warrants in payment of all claims included in this
356356 Act.
357357 SECTION 10. (a) Subject to Subsection (b) of this section,
358358 this Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
359359 (b) Section 5 of this Act takes effect only if this Act
360360 receives a vote of two-thirds of the members present in each house
361361 of the legislature, as provided by Section 49-g(m), Article III,
362362 Texas Constitution.