Floor Packet Page No. 342                                                   

	
Amend CSHB 4, (House Committee Report, 1st Printing) on page 
90, between lines 7 and 8, by inserting the following new Section 
11.02 and renumbering the subsequent sections of the article 
accordingly:
	SECTION 11.02.  Chapter 261, Health and Safety Code, is 
amended by adding Subchapter C to read as follows:

SUBCHAPTER C.  LIABILITY OF NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT CONTRACTOR
	Sec. 261.051.  DEFINITION.  In this subchapter, "municipal 
hospital management contractor" means a nonprofit corporation, 
partnership, or sole proprietorship that manages or operates a 
hospital or provides services under contract with a municipality.
	Sec. 261.052.  LIABILITY OF MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT 
CONTRACTOR.  A municipal hospital management contractor and any 
employee of the contractor are, while performing services under the 
contract for the benefit of the hospital, employees of the 
municipality for the purposes of Chapters 101, 102, and 108, Civil 
Practice and Remedies Code.