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Amend CSSB 439 (Senate committee printing) as follows:                       
	(1)  In SECTION 4 of the bill, in amended Subsection (c), 
Section 166.045, Health and Safety Code (page 1, line 57), strike 
"of at least the same level".
	(2)  In SECTION 5 of the bill (page 3, lines 23 through 26), 
strike added Subdivision (2), Subsection (b-1), Section 166.046, 
Health and Safety Code, and substitute the following:
		(2)  be accompanied at the meeting at the surrogate's 
discretion by five or more persons for support, subject to the 
hospital's reasonable written attendance policy as necessary to:
			(A)  facilitate information sharing and 
discussion of the patient's medical status and treatment 
requirements; and
			(B)  preserve the order and decorum of the 
meeting; and             
	(3)  In SECTION 5 of the bill, in amended Subsection (e), 
Section 166.046, Health and Safety Code (page 3, lines 49 through 
51), strike "of at least the same level as was provided at the time 
the meeting with the ethics or medical committee was held under 
Subsection (a-2)".
	(4)  In SECTION 7 of the bill, in amended Subsection (a), 
Section 166.052, Health and Safety Code (page 5, lines 59 through 
62), strike "by one or more persons to support you, subject to the 
hospital's reasonable written attendance policy and ability of the 
committee to accommodate the persons attending" and substitute "by 
five or more persons, at your discretion, to support you, subject to 
the hospital's reasonable written attendance policy to facilitate 
information sharing and discussion of the patient's medical status 
and treatment requirements and preserve the order and decorum of 
the meeting"
	(5)  In SECTION 8 of the bill, following added Subsection 
(c), Section 166.054, Health and Safety Code (page 8, between lines 
40 and 41), insert the following:
	(d)  The department shall adopt rules to:                               
		(1)  establish a standardized form for the reporting 
requirements of this section; and
		(2)  post on the department's Internet website the data 
submitted under Subsection (b) in the format provided by rule.