Floor Packet Page No. 321                                                   

	
Amend CSHB 4 as follows:                                                     
	On page 79, line 16 through page 80, line 13, strike ARTICLE 
10, SECTION 10.23 and replace it with a new SECTION 10.23 to read as 
follows:
		SECTION 10.23.  Section 84.004(c), Civil Practices and 
Remedies Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(c)  Except as provided by Subsection (d) and Section 84.007, 
a volunteer health care provided [who is serving as a direct service 
volunteer of a charitable organization] is immune from civil 
liability for any act or omission resulting in death, damage, or 
injury to a patient if:
		(1)  the volunteer was acting in good faith and in the 
course and scope of the volunteer's duties or functions within the 
organization
		(2)  the volunteer commits the act or omission in the 
course of providing health care services to the patient;
		(3)  the services provided are within scope of the 
license of the volunteer; and
		(4)  before the volunteer provides health care 
services, the patient or, if the patient is a minor or is otherwise 
legally incompetent, the person responsible for the patient 
[patient's parent, managing conservator, legal guardian, or other 
person with legal responsibility for the care of] signs a written 
statement that acknowledges:
			(A) that the volunteer is providing care that is 
not administered for or in expectation of compensation; and
			(B) the limitations on the recovery of damages 
from the volunteer in exchange for receiving the health care 
services.