Floor Packet Page No. 293                                                   

	
Amend CSHB 4 as follows:                                                     
	(1)  On page 59, between lines 13 and 14, insert a new SECTION 
10.13 of the bill to read as follows:
	SECTION 10.13.  Subchapter K, Medical Liability and 
Insurance Improvement Act of Texas (Article 4590i, Vernon's Texas 
Civil Statutes), is amended by adding Section 11.041 to read as 
follows:
	Sec. 11.041.  ADJUSTMENT OF LIABILITY LIMITS ON NONECONOMIC 
DAMAGES.  When there is an increase or decrease in the consumer 
price index with respect to the amount of that index on the 
effective date of this section, each liability limit prescribed in 
Section 11.03 or Section 11.031 of this subchapter shall be 
increased or decreased, as applicable, by a sum equal to the amount 
of the limit multiplied by the percentage increase or decrease in 
the consumer price index between the effective date of this section 
and the time at which damages subject to the limits are awarded by 
final judgment or settlement.
	(2)  Renumber the subsequent SECTIONS of the bill 
appropriately.