Amend CSHB 1676 as follows:
      (1)  On page 7, strike lines 13-21 and substitute the
following:
            "(2)  "Rural county" means:
                  (A)  a county that has a population of 50,000 or
less; or
                  (B)  with respect to a county that has a
population of more than 50,000 and that contains a geographic area
that is not delineated as urbanized by the federal census bureau,
that part of the county that is not delineated as urbanized."
      (2)  On page 7, line 26, strike "grants and loans" and
substitute "grants, loans, and loan guarantees".
      (3)  On page 8, line 4, strike "grants and loans" and
substitute "grants, loans, and loan guarantees".
      (4)  On page 8, lines 11-12, strike "grant and loan" and
substitute "grant, loan, and loan guarantee".
      (5)  On page 8, line 13, strike "GRANT AND LOAN" and
substitute "GRANT, LOAN, AND LOAN GUARANTEE".
      (6)  On page 8, strike lines 15-18 and substitute the
following: "Government Code, to make a grant or low interest loan
to, or guarantee a loan for, a public or nonprofit hospital located
in a rural county."
      (7)  On page 8, line 19, strike "grant or loan" and
substitute "grant, loan, or loan guarantee".
      (8)  On page 8, line 20, strike "public".
      (9)  On page 8, line 21, strike "public".
      (10)  On page 8, line 23, strike "public".
      (11)  On page 8, line 25, strike "GRANT OR LOAN" and
substitute "GRANT, LOAN, OR LOAN GUARANTEE".
      (12)  On page 8, line 27, strike "loan or grant" and
substitute "grant, loan, or loan guarantee".
      (13)  On page 9, strike line 3 and substitute: "grant, loan,
or loan guarantee. The rules must allow the center to give
preferential consideration to public hospitals and to consider at
least".
      (14)  On page 9, line 6, strike "grant or loan" and
substitute "money obtained through the grant, loan, or loan
guarantee".