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Amend CSSB 316 as follows:
(1) In SECTION 1 of the bill in redesignated and amended
Section 161.501(a)(1)(B)(ii), Health and Safety Code (page 1, line
35, committee printing), strike "and".
(2) In SECTION 1 of the bill in redesignated and amended
Section 161.501(a)(1)(B)(iii), Health and Safety Code (page 1, line
37, committee printing), after "young child;" insert:
"and
(iv) the symptoms of shaken baby syndrome
and who to contact, as recommended by the American Academy of
Pediatrics, if a parent suspects or knows that a baby has been
shaken in order to receive prompt medical treatment;".
(3) Add the following SECTION, appropriately numbered, to
the bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS:
SECTION ___. Before publishing or distributing the pamphlet
required by Section 161.502, Health and Safety Code, as
redesignated and amended by this Act, the Department of State
Health Services shall provide the proposed pamphlet to the Texas
Pediatric Society Committee on Child Abuse for review and comment
and shall integrate the comments into the final pamphlet.