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Amend SB 1731 by adding the following appropriately numbered
SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill
accordingly:
SECTION ____. Section 241.025, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) Notwithstanding Subsection (d), to the extent that
money received from the fees collected under this chapter exceeds
the costs to the department to conduct the activity for which the
fee is imposed, the department may use the money to administer
Chapter 324 and similar laws that require the department to provide
information related to hospital care to the public. The department
may not consider the costs of administering Chapter 324 or similar
laws in adopting a fee imposed under this section.