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.