Amend CSHB 15 on page 7, between line 17 and line 18, by adding the following text:

"Sec. 171.059. Notwithstanding any provision of this Subchapter, no government mandate or government-mandated procedure described in this Subchapter shall preclude any physician from acting in the best interest of the physician's patient, or take precedence over what the physician determines to be medically necessary."