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Amend CSSB 293 (senate committee printing) as follows:

(1) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 531.001(4-a), Government Code (page 1, line 19), strike "home health agency as defined" and substitute "home health agency or a hospital, as those terms are defined".

(2) In SECTION 3 of the bill, strike added Section 531.02164(a), Government Code (page 2, line 69, through page 3, line 3), and substitute the following:

(a) In this section:

(1) "Home health agency" means a facility licensed under Chapter 142, Health and Safety Code, to provide home health services as defined by Section 142.001, Health and Safety Code.

(2) "Hospital" means a hospital licensed under Chapter 241, Health and Safety Code, that provides home health services as defined by Section 142.001, Health and Safety Code.

(3) In SECTION 3 of the bill, in added Section 531.02164(c)(2), Government Code (page 3, line 27), strike "home health agency" and substitute "home health agency or hospital".