Amend HB 2 as follows:
(1) Strike the SECTION of the bill that amends Section 245.010, Health and Safety Code, and substitute the following appropriately numbered SECTION:
SECTION ___. 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) Strike the SECTION of the bill that repeals Section 245.010(c), Health and Safety Code, and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly.