Amend HB 826 as follows:
      (1)  In SECTION 5 of the bill, in the first sentence of
Section 2260.052(c), Government Code (Senate Committee Report, page
5, line 61), between "negotiation" and "of", insert "and
mediation".
      (2)  In SECTION 5 of the bill, after the second sentence of
Section 2260.052(c), Government Code (Senate Committee Report, page
5, line 64), insert:
A model rule for negotiation and mediation under this chapter shall
be provided for voluntary adoption by units of state government
through the coordinated efforts of the State Office of
Administrative Hearings and the office of the attorney general.
      (3)  In SECTION 5 of the bill, insert a new Section 2260.056,
Government Code (Senate Committee Report, page 6, between lines 18
and 19), to read as follows:
      Sec. 2260.056.  MEDIATION. (a)  Before the 270th day after
the date the claim is filed with the unit of state government and
before the expiration of any extension of time under Section
2260.055, the parties may agree to mediate a claim made under this
chapter.
      (b)  The mediation shall be conducted in accordance with
rules adopted under Section 2260.052(c).
      (4)  In SECTION 5 of the bill, strike Section 2260.104(e),
Government Code (Senate Committee Report, page 6, line 66), and
substitute a new Section 2260.104(e), Government Code, to read as
follows:
      (e)  In a contested case hearing under this subchapter:
            (1)  the decision may not be appealed; and
            (2)  the state agency may not change the finding of
fact or conclusion of law, nor vacate or modify an order as
provided in Section 2001.058(e).