Amend CSHB 2641 by adding a new section to the bill,
appropriately numbered, to read as follows, and renumbering
subsequent sections of the bill accordingly:
      SECTION    .  Subchapter A, Chapter 531, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 531.014 to read as follows:
      Sec. 531.014.  PUBLIC HEARINGS IN CERTAIN COUNTIES.  (a)  A
health and human services agency may not establish a new facility
at which the agency proposes to provide any services that the
agency is authorized to provide in a county with a population of
less than 200,000 unless the health and human services agency holds
a public hearing in that county at which the facility and its
proposed location is explained and at which the public comment may
be offered.
      (b)  The time, place, and subject of hearing shall be
publicized appropriately. Each state representative that represents
all or part of the county shall be informed in a timely manner of
the time, place, and subject of the hearing.