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	Amend CSHB 4586 as follows:                                                  
	1)  On page 4, beginning on line 12, strike Section 5 in its 
entirety; and   
	2)  Add a new appropriately numbered section to read as 
follows:             
	SECTION ____.  DEPARTMENT OF AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES:  
GENERATORS FOR NURSING FACILITIES.  In addition to amounts 
previously appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 
31, 2009, the amount of $68,268,044 is appropriated out of the 
general revenue fund to the Department of Aging and Disability 
Services for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of 
this Act for the purposes of:  1) surveying the need for emergency 
back-up generators in Texas nursing facilities; 2) establishing a 
priority list of nursing facilities if the need exceeds the funds 
available; and 3) allocating the funds for the purchase and 
installation of back-up generators to nursing facilities.