Amend HB 2 (house committee printing) as follows:
(1) On page 12, strike lines 15-23 and substitute the following:
SECTION 4. Section 245.010, Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding Subsections (a-1) and (a-2) and amending Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(a-1) Except as otherwise provided by Subsection (a-2), on or after September 1, 2014, the minimum standards for an abortion facility must be equivalent to the minimum standards adopted under Section 243.010 for ambulatory surgical centers.
(a-2) An abortion facility located more than 50 miles from the nearest other abortion facility must meet the minimum standards adopted under Subsection (c).
(c) The standards for a facility described by Subsection (a-2) may not be more stringent than Medicare certification standards, if any, for:
(1) qualifications for professional and nonprofessional personnel;
(2) supervision of professional and nonprofessional personnel;
(3) medical treatment and medical services provided by an abortion facility and the coordination of treatment and services, including quality assurance;
(4) sanitary and hygienic conditions within an abortion facility;
(5) the equipment essential to the health and welfare of the patients;
(6) clinical records kept by an abortion facility; and
(7) management, ownership, and control of the facility.
(2) On page 17, strike lines 1-2 and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill and cross-references to those SECTIONS accordingly.