Amend SB 8 (house committee printing) as follows:

(1) In SECTION 2.01 of the bill, in added Section 1002.101(2), Health and Safety Code (page 11, line 17), following the underlined semicolon, strike "and".

(2) In SECTION 2.01 of the bill, in added Section 1002.101(3), Health and Safety Code (page 11, line 20), following "Insurance Code", strike the underlined period and substitute "; and".

(3) In SECTION 2.01 of the bill, in added Section 1002.101, Health and Safety Code (page 11, between lines 20 and 21), insert the following:

(4) establishing a database of ambulatory surgical centers licensed under Chapter 243 to enable those centers to be reimbursed using a charge-based methodology to promote competition in accordance with Chapter 1301, Insurance Code.