Amend CSSB 5 (house committee printing) as follows:
(1) On page 2, lines 19-24, strike Subdivision (1) and substitute the following:
(1) must comply with 25 T.A.C. Section 139.56, relating to the protocol for managing medical emergencies and the transfer of patients to a hospital, or perform the abortion at a licensed abortion facility that complies with that section; and
(2) On page 12, line 21, between "centers" and the underlined period, insert the following:
, except that an abortion facility may comply with the standards relating to the protocol for managing medical emergencies and the transfer of patients to a hospital under 25 T.A.C. Section 139.56 in lieu of the standards relating to the transfer of patients requiring emergency care and admitting privileges under 25 T.A.C. Section 135.11(b)(19)