Amend CSHB 1183 (senate committee printing) as follows: (1) In SECTION 1 of the bill, strike proposed Subsection (a), Section 206.052, Occupations Code (page 2, lines 2 through 9), and substitute the following: (a) The advisory committee consists of six members appointed by the president of the medical board. One member must be a registered perioperative nurse with at least five years of clinical experience as a registered perioperative nurse. Each of the remaining members must be: (1) a practicing surgical assistant who has at least five years of clinical experience as a surgical assistant; or (2) a physician licensed in this state who supervises a surgical assistant. (2) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in proposed Subsection (b)(2), Section 206.205, Occupations Code (page 6, line 30), strike "after" and substitute "since". (3) Between SECTION 5 and 6 of the bill (page 15, between lines 2 and 3), insert the following appropriately numbered section: SECTION __. Section 32.027, Human Resources Code, is amended by adding Subsection (j) to read as follows: (j) The department shall assure that a recipient of medical assistance under this chapter may select a surgical assistant licensed under Chapter 206, Occupations Code, to perform any health care service or procedure covered under the medical assistance program if: (1) the selected surgical assistant is authorized by law to perform the service or procedure; and (2) the physician requests that the service or procedure be performed by the surgical assistant. (4) Renumber the sections of the bill appropriately.