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Amend CSSB 125 as follows:                                                   
	(1)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 
542.405(c)(1), Transportation Code (committee printing, page 1, 
line 54), strike "Section 780.007" and substitute "Section 
782.002".
	(2)  Strike SECTION 3 of the bill (committee printing, page 
2, line 58, through page 3, line 4) and substitute the following:
	SECTION 3.  Subtitle B, Title 9, Health and Safety Code, is 
amended by adding Chapter 782 to read as follows:

CHAPTER 782. REGIONAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
	Sec. 782.001.  DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:                            
		(1)  "Commission" means the Health and Human Services 
Commission.    
		(2)  "Commissioner" means the executive commissioner 
of the Health and Human Services Commission.
	Sec. 782.002.  REGIONAL TRAUMA ACCOUNT. (a)  The regional 
trauma account is created as a dedicated account in the general 
revenue fund of the state treasury.  Money in the account may be 
appropriated only to the commission to make distributions as 
provided by Section 782.003.
	(b)  The account is composed of money deposited to the credit 
of the account under Section 542.406, Transportation Code, and the 
earnings of the account.
	(c)  Sections 403.095 and 404.071, Government Code, do not 
apply to the account.
	Sec. 782.003.  PAYMENTS FROM THE REGIONAL TRAUMA ACCOUNT. 
(a)  The commissioner shall use money appropriated from the 
regional trauma account established under Section 782.002 to fund 
uncompensated care of designated trauma facilities and county and 
regional emergency medical services located in the area served by 
the trauma service area regional advisory council that serves the 
local authority submitting money under Section 542.406, 
Transportation Code.
	(b)  In any fiscal year, the commissioner shall use:                    
		(1)  96 percent of the money appropriated from the 
account to fund a portion of the uncompensated trauma care provided 
at facilities designated as state trauma facilities by the 
commission;
		(2)  two percent of the money appropriated from the 
account for county and regional emergency medical services;
		(3)  one percent of the money appropriated from the 
account for distribution to the 22 trauma service area regional 
advisory councils; and
		(4)  one percent of the money appropriated from the 
account to fund administrative costs of the commission.
	(c)  The money under Subsection (b) shall be distributed in 
proportion to the amount deposited to the account from the local 
authority.
	(3)  In SECTION 4 of the bill (committee printing, page 3, 
line 6), strike "Section 780.007," and substitute "Section 
782.002,".
	(4)  Between SECTIONS 4 and 5 of the bill (committee 
printing, page 3, between lines 11 and 12), insert the following:
	SECTION 5.  Not later than December 1, 2007, the executive 
commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall 
adopt rules to implement Chapter 782, Health and Safety Code, as 
added by this Act.
	(5)  Renumber subsequent sections of the bill accordingly.