Amend HB 2 (house committee printing) as follows:
(1) On page 12, strike lines 15 through 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 constructed before January 1, 2014, that does not receive adequate funding from state sources to ensure compliance with the standards adopted under Subsection (a-1) 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 and 2 and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill and cross-references to those SECTIONS accordingly.
(3) On page 19, between lines 12 and 13, insert the following:
(c) A facility licensed under Chapter 245, Health and Safety Code, and constructed before January 1, 2014, that receives adequate funding from state sources to ensure compliance with the standards adopted under Section 245.010(a-1), Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act, shall comply with those standards not later than one year after the date the facility receives the funding.