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.