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Amend SB 609 (Senate committee printing) as follows:                         

(1)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, strike added Section 96.003, 	Health and Safety Code (page 1, lines 44 and 45).
	(2)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, on page 1, line 46, strike 
"96.004" and substitute "96.003".
	(3)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, strike added Section 96.057, 
Health and Safety Code (page 2, lines 40 and 41), and substitute the 
following:
	Sec. 96.057.  MEETING; REPORT.  (a)  The advisory panel shall 
meet at the call of the presiding officer of the panel or at the 
request of the commissioner.
	(b)  The advisory panel shall report periodically to the 
commissioner.
	(4)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, strike added Section 96.102, 
Health and Safety Code (page 3, lines 6 through 13), and substitute 
the following:
	Sec. 96.1015.  INITIAL REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE. Not later 
than November 1, 2006, the commissioner shall file the initial 
report with the presiding officer of each house of the legislature 
on the advisory panel's recommendations for collecting and publicly 
reporting infection rates and process measures.  This section 
expires January 1, 2007.
	Sec. 96.102.  COLLECTION AND PUBLIC REPORTING OF HEALTH CARE 
ASSOCIATED INFECTIONS.  Not later than April 1, 2007, the 
department shall begin collecting data on health care associated 
infection rates and process measures from health care facilities 
and prepare for the public an annual report of the data collected.  
The department must follow the recommendations submitted in the 
advisory panel's initial report to the legislature for the initial 
year of collection and reporting, but may subsequently adjust the 
methodologies for collecting and reporting the data as appropriate.