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.