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	Amend HB 1503 by adding the following SECTION, appropriately 
numbered, and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS:
	SECTION __.  Sections 252.044(b) and (c), Health and Safety 
Code, are amended to read as follows:
	(b)  At the conclusion of an inspection, survey, or 
investigation under this chapter, the department or the 
department's representative conducting the inspection, survey, or 
investigation shall discuss the violations with the facility's 
management in an exit conference.  The department or the 
department's representative shall leave a written list of the 
violations with the facility and the person designated by the 
facility to receive notice under Section 252.066 at the time of the 
exit conference.  If the department or the department's 
representative discovers any additional violations during the 
review of field notes or preparation of the official final list, the 
department or the department's representative shall give the 
facility an additional exit conference regarding the additional 
violations.  An additional exit conference must be held in person 
and may not be held over the telephone, by email, or by fax.
	(c)  The facility shall submit a plan to correct the 
violations to the regional director not later than the 10th working
day after the date the facility receives the final official
statement of violations.