Amend CSHB 3540 as follows:
(1) On page 22, line 6, strike "a continuing care retirement
community" and substitute the following:
an entity that provides on a single campus a continuum of
services, including independent living services, licensed assisted
living services, and licensed nursing facility care services, and
that:
(A) operates under a continuing care retirement
community certificate of authority issued by the Texas Department
of Insurance; or
(B) over a 12-month period, provides a greater
number of combined patient days of service to independent living
and assisted living residents, not including services provided to
persons in licensed nursing facility beds, than the patient days of
service provided to nursing facility residents
(2) On page 22, line 10, between "fee" and the underscored
colon, insert "payment".
(3) On page 22, lines 18-19, strike "in an amount that will
produce annual revenues of not more than six percent of the
institution's" and substitute "so that the fee does not produce
annual revenues greater than six percent of the".
(4) On page 27, line 6, strike "facility's" and substitute
"[facility's]".