Amend CSHB 1013 (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____. Section 164.0032, Occupations Code, is amended by adding Subsection (f-1) to read as follows:

(f-1) At least 21 days before the date the board conducts a meeting to consider the panel's recommendations under Subsection (f), the board must notify the affected physician and the physician's authorized representative of the meeting. The physician and the physician's representative may be present at the meeting.