Amend SB 223 on third reading (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering the subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  Subsections (a) and (c), Section 242.005, Health and Safety Code, are amended to read as follows:

(a)  The department [and the attorney general each] shall prepare annually a full report of the operation and administration of the department's [their respective] responsibilities under this chapter, including recommendations and suggestions considered advisable.

(c)  The department [and the attorney general] shall submit the required report [reports] to the governor and the legislature not later than October 1 of each year.

SECTION ____.  Subsection (c), Section 247.050, Health and Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:

(c)  The department [and the attorney general] shall file a copy of the quarterly reports required by this section with the substantive committees of each house of the legislature with jurisdiction over regulation of assisted living facilities.

SECTION ____.  Subsection (b), Section 247.050, Health and Safety Code, is repealed.