Floor Packet Page No. 250                                                   

	
Amend CSHB 4 as follows:                                                     
	On page 51, strike lines 23-27 through page 52, strike lines 
1-9.            
	On page 51, substitute the following, starting on line 23:                     
	Sec. 7.03. FEDERAL OR STATE INCOME TAXES AND LITIGATION FEES 
AND EXPENSES. Notwithstanding any other law, in a health care 
liability claim, if a plaintiff seeks recovery for loss of 
earnings, loss of earning capacity, loss of contributions of a 
pecuniary value, or loss of inheritance, evidence of the income 
reported to a governmental entity in the form of a filed or amended 
tax return, social security earnings report, a W-2 or a 1099 form 
may be presented with competent expert testimony.