Amend HB 7 by inserting a new SUBCHAPTER J on page 35, line
7, to read as follows:
            SUBCHAPTER J.  DESIGNATING RURAL HOSPITALS.
      Sec. 487.401.  ADMINISTRATION.  (a)  The executive committee
shall adopt rules that establish a procedure for designating a
hospital as a rural hospital in order for the hospital to qualify
for federal funds under 42 C.F.R. part 412.
      (b)  At the hospital's request, the office shall designate
the hospital as a rural hospital if the hospital meets the
requirements for a rural hospital under the commission's rules.