Amend CSHB 137 as follows:
      (1)  On page 1, strike lines 5 and 6, and substitute:
      SECTION 1.  Section 11.18, Tax Code, is amended by amending
Subsections (d) and (e) and adding Subsection (k) to read as
follows:
      (2)  On page 5, line 4, strike "or".
      (3)  On page 5, line 12, immediately before the period,
insert:
      "; or
            (19)  providing housing and related services to elderly
individuals by:
                  (A)  a nursing home, if the nursing home provides
charity care and government-sponsored indigent health care to its
residents in an amount equal to at least four percent of the
nursing home's net resident revenue; or
                  (B)  a retirement community, if the retirement
community provides assisted living services and nursing services to
its residents on a single campus:
                        (i)  without regard to the residents'
ability to pay; or
                        (ii)  in an amount equal to at least four
percent of the retirement community's combined net resident
revenue".
      (4)  On page 7 of the bill, between lines 22 and 23, insert:
      (k)  In connection with a nursing home or retirement
community, for purposes of Subsection (d):
            (1)  "Assisted living services" means responsible adult
supervision of or assistance with routine living functions of an
individual in instances in which the individual's condition
necessitates that supervision or assistance.
            (2)  "Charity care," "government-sponsored indigent
health care," and "net resident revenue" are determined in the same
manner for a retirement community or nursing home as for a hospital
under Subsection (d).
            (3)  "Nursing care services" includes services provided
by nursing personnel, including patient observation, the promotion
and maintenance of health, prevention of illness or disability,
guidance and counseling to individuals and families, and referral
of patients to physicians, other health care providers, or
community resources if appropriate.
            (4)  "Retirement community" means a collection of
various types of housing that are under common ownership and
designed for habitation by individuals over the age of 62.
            (5)  "Single campus" means a facility designed to
provide multiple levels of retirement housing that is
geographically situated on a site at which all levels of housing
are contiguous to each other on a single property.