Amend HB 550 (Senate committee printing) as follows:
(1) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in amended Subsection (a),
Section 204.022, Labor Code (page 2, line 4), strike "or" and
substitute "[or]".
(2) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in amended Subsection (a),
Section 204.022, Labor Code (page 2, line 8), between "423" and the
period, insert the following:
"; or
(14) resulted from the employee leaving the employee's
workplace to care for the employee's terminally ill spouse as
evidenced by a physician's statement or other medical
documentation, but only if no reasonable, alternative care was
available".
(3) In SECTION 3 of the bill, in amended Subsection (a),
Section 207.046, Labor Code (page 2, line 20), strike "or" and
substitute "[or]".
(4) In SECTION 3 of the bill, in amended Subsection (a),
Section 207.046, Labor Code (page 2, line 35), between "patient"
and the period, insert the following:
"; or
(3) the individual leaves the workplace to care for
the individual's terminally ill spouse as evidenced by a
physician's statement or other medical documentation, but only if
no reasonable, alternative care was available".