Amend HB 2814 in Section 5 of the bill, in amended Section 7, 
Chapter 135, Acts of the 58th Legislature, Regular Session, 1963 
(committee printing, page 4, line 60, through page 5, line 7), by 
striking proposed Subsection (d) and substituting the following:

	(d)  The board of directors may spend district funds, enter 
into agreements, and take other necessary action to recruit 
physicians as independent contractors to serve as medical staff 
members and to recruit other persons to serve as employees of the 
district, including:
		(1)  advertising and marketing;                                        
		(2)  paying travel, recruitment, and relocation 
expenses;            
		(3)  providing a loan or scholarship to:                               
			(A)  a physician currently enrolled in health care 
education courses at an institution of higher education who 
contractually agrees to serve as an independent contractor on the 
medical staff of the district; or
			(B)  a person, other than a physician, currently 
enrolled in health care education courses at an institution of 
higher education who contractually agrees to become a district 
employee;
		(4)  contracting with one or more full-time medical 
students each of whom must be enrolled and in good standing at an 
accredited medical school, college, or university, to pay the 
student's tuition or other expenses in consideration of the 
student's agreement to serve as an independent contractor on the 
medical staff of the district; or
		(5)  contracting with one or more full-time students, 
other than medical students, in a health occupation each of whom 
must be enrolled and in good standing at an accredited medical 
school, college, or university, to pay the student's tuition or 
other expenses in consideration of the student's agreement to serve 
as an employee or independent contractor for the district.