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Amend CSSB 1 (House Committee Report) in Article II of the
bill following the appropriation to the Department of State Health
Services by adding the following appropriately numbered rider:
____. Data Collection on the Incidence of Health
Care-Associated Infections. Contingent on HB 1386 or similar
legislation increasing the types of health care-associated
infections reported to the Texas Health Care-Associated Infection
Reporting System being enacted and becoming law, it is the intent of
the Legislature that the Department of State Health Services use an
appropriate portion of the funds appropriated to the department by
this Act to expand the Texas Health Care-Associated Infection
Reporting System to accommodate the additional reporting
requirements.