Amend CSHB 3126 as follows:                                                  
	(1)  Strike page 1, line 5, through page 2, line 4.                            
	(2)  Strike page 6, line 6, through page 11, line 24.                          
	(3)  Insert the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to 
the bill:       
	SECTION __.  Section 104.011(a), Health and Safety Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(a)  The statewide health coordinating council is composed 
of 18 [17] members determined as follows:
		(1)  the commissioner of health and human services or a 
representative designated by the commissioner;
		(2)  the presiding officer of the Texas Higher 
Education Coordinating Board or a representative designated by the 
presiding officer;
		(3)  the presiding officer of the department or a 
representative designated by the presiding officer;
		(4)  the presiding officer of the Texas Health Care 
Information Council or a representative designated by the presiding 
officer;
		(5)  the presiding officer of the Texas Department of 
Mental Health and Mental Retardation or a representative designated 
by the presiding officer;  and
		(6)  the following members appointed by the governor:                         
			(A)  three health care professionals from the 
allied health, dental, medical, mental health, [nursing,] and 
pharmacy professions, no two of whom may be from the same 
profession;
			(B)  one registered nurse;                                            
			(C)  two representatives of a university or 
health-related institution of higher education;
			(D) [(C)]  one representative of a junior or 
community college that has a nursing program;
			(E) [(D)]  one hospital administrator;               
			(F) [(E)]  one managed care administrator; and       
			(G) [(F)]  four public members.                      
	SECTION __.  Section 104.0115(a), Health and Safety Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(a)  Members of the council serve for staggered six-year 
terms, with the terms of four or five members expiring August 31 of 
each odd-numbered year.
	SECTION __.  Subchapter B, Chapter 104, Health and Safety 
Code, is amended by adding Section 104.0155 to read as follows:
	Sec. 104.0155.  NURSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE.  (a)  The 
statewide health coordinating council shall form a nursing advisory 
committee the majority of the members of which must be nurses.  The 
committee:
		(1)  must include:                                                     
			(A)  members of associations that represent 
nurses, educators of nurses, and employers of nurses;
			(B)  members who represent nurse licensing 
boards; and              
			(C)  a nurse researcher; and                                          
		(2)  may include other members who are health care 
experts from the public or private sector, nurses, nurse educators, 
employers of nurses, or consumers of nursing services.
	(b)  The committee shall:                                               
		(1)  review policy matters on the collection of data 
and reports performed under Chapter 105 that relate to the nursing 
profession;
		(2)  subject to approval of the council, develop 
priorities and an operations plan for the nursing resource section 
under Section 105.002(b); and
		(3)  review reports and information before 
dissemination.            
	(c)  A nurse member of the committee and a nurse member of the 
statewide health coordinating council shall co-chair the 
committee.
	(d)  Chapter 2110, Government Code, does not apply to the 
committee formed under this section.
	(e)  Meetings of the committee under this section are subject 
to Chapter 551, Government Code.
	SECTION __.  Section 104.042(e), Health and Safety Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(e)  Data received by the department under this section 
containing information identifying specific persons or health care 
facilities  [patients] is confidential, is not subject to 
disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code, and may not be 
released unless all identifying information [the information 
identifying the patient] is removed.
	SECTION __.  Section 105.002, Health and Safety Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 105.002.  ESTABLISHMENT OF CENTER.  (a)  In conjunction 
with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and in such a way 
as to avoid duplication of effort, the council shall establish a 
comprehensive health professions resource center for the 
collection and analysis of educational and employment trends for 
health professions in this state.
	(b)  In conjunction with the committee formed under Section 
104.0155, to avoid duplication of effort, and to the extent funding 
is available through fees collected under Sections 301.155(c) and 
302.153(d), Occupations Code, the council shall establish a nursing 
resource section within the center for the collection and analysis 
of educational and employment trends for nurses in this state.
	(c)  If the nursing resource section established under 
Subsection (b) is funded from surcharges collected under Sections 
301.155(c) and 302.153(d), Occupations Code, the council shall 
provide the Board of Nurse Examiners and the Board of Vocational 
Nurse Examiners, as applicable, with an annual accounting of the 
money received from those boards.  The council may expend a 
reasonable amount of the money to pay administrative costs of 
maintaining the nursing resource section.
	SECTION __.  Section 105.003, Health and Safety Code, is 
amended by adding Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows:
	(d)  To the extent feasible, the council shall use a 
researcher with a doctorate in nursing to collect, analyze, and 
disseminate nursing data that may be used to predict supply and 
demand for nursing personnel in this state using appropriate 
federal or state supply and demand models.  The nursing data must at 
least:
		(1)  include demographics, areas of practice, supply, 
demand, and migration; and
		(2)  be analyzed to identify trends relating to numbers 
and geographical distribution, practice setting, and area of 
practice and, to the extent possible, compare those trends with 
corresponding national trends.
	(e)  Data received by the department under this section that 
contains information identifying specific persons or health care 
facilities is confidential, is not subject to disclosure under 
Chapter 552, Government Code, and may not be released unless all 
identifying information is removed.
	SECTION __.  Section 105.004, Health and Safety Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 105.004.  REPORTS.  (a)  The council may use the data 
collected and analyzed under this chapter to publish reports 
regarding:
		(1)  the educational and employment trends for health 
professions;          
		(2)  the supply and demand of health professions;  and                        
		(3)  other issues, as necessary, concerning health 
professions in this state.
	(b)  The council shall publish reports regarding the data 
collected and analyzed under this chapter related to:
		(1)  the educational and employment trends of nursing 
professionals; 
		(2)  the supply and demand of nursing professionals; 
and             
		(3)  other issues, as determined necessary by the 
council, concerning nursing professionals in this state.
	SECTION __.  Section 301.155, Occupations Code, is amended by 
adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
	(c)  The board shall assess a $3 surcharge to the fee 
established by the board under Subsection (a) for a license holder 
to renew a license under this chapter.  The board may use nine cents 
of the surcharge to cover the administrative costs of collecting 
and depositing the surcharge.  The board quarterly shall transmit  
$2.91 of the surcharge to the Texas Department of Health to be used 
only to implement the nursing resource section under Section 
105.002, Health and Safety Code.  The board is not required to 
collect the surcharge if the board determines the funds collected 
are not appropriated for the purpose of funding the nursing 
resource section.
	SECTION __.  Section 302.153, Occupations Code, is amended by 
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
	(d)  The board shall assess a $2 surcharge to the fee 
established by the board under Subsection (a) for a license holder 
to renew a license under this chapter.  The board may use six cents 
of the surcharge to cover the administrative costs of collecting 
and depositing the surcharge.  The board quarterly shall transmit  
$1.94 of the surcharge to the Texas Department of Health to be used 
only to implement the nursing resource section under Section 
105.002, Health and Safety Code.  The board is not required to 
collect the surcharge if the board determines the funds collected 
are not appropriated for the purpose of funding the nursing 
resource section.
	(4)  On page 12, strike lines 1-7.                                             
	(5)  Renumber SECTIONS of the bill accordingly.