Amend CSSB 358 by striking Subsection (d) of SECTION 5 of the
bill (Committee Printing page 5, line 21 through page 6, line 4)
and substitute he following:
      (d) In developing the report under Subsection (c) the
department shall:
            (1) conduct two public meetings, one meeting to be held
at the beginning of the process and the second meeting to be held
at the end of the process, to receive comments from interested
parties; and
            (2) consider:
                  (a) the medical needs of the most medically
fragile of its clients;
                  (b) the provision of services to clients with
severe and profound mental retardation and to persons with mental
retardation who are medically fragile or have behavioral problem;
                  (c) the program and service preference
information collected under Section 533.038; and
                  (d) input solicited from consumers of services of
state school and hospitals.