Amend SB 280 as follows:
      (1)  In SECTION 1 of the bill (House Committee Printing page
1, between lines 15-16), insert new Subsection (d) to read as
follows:
      "(d)  Out of funds saved from more efficient and effective
storage and distribution  of vaccinations used in the vaccines for
children program, the Texas Department of Health shall allow each
each health care provider participating in the federal vaccines for
children program, beginning with each such health care provider
located in a major metropolitan area with an immunization rate
below the national average, to:
            (1)  select vaccines from the list of all vaccines that
are recommended and approved by the federal advisory committee on
immunization practices and under and contract with the Centers for
Disease Control of the United States Public Health Service; and
            (2)  use combination vaccines."
      (2)  In SECTION 1 of the bill (House Committee Printing page
1, line 16), reletter Subsection (d) as Subsection (e) and strike
"This Act" and substitute Subsections (b) and (c) of this Act".