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Amend CSHB 2131 (house committee printing) as follows:
(1) On page 1, line 11, strike "Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy Advisory Council" and substitute "Perinatal Advisory Council established under Section 241.187
(2) On page 1, lines 20-21, strike "Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy Advisory Council, shall adopt rules establishing the criteria" and substitute "Perinatal Advisory Council, shall adopt the rules".
(3) Strike page 1, line 24, through page 2, line 5, and substitute the following:
Sec. 32.072. SUBCOMMITTEE. (a)_ The department, in consultation with the Perinatal Advisory Council, shall appoint a subcommittee of that advisory council to advise the advisory council and the department on the development of rules related to the designations made by the department under this subchapter. As part of its duties under this subsection, the subcommittee specifically shall advise the advisory council and the department regarding the criteria necessary for a health care entity in this state to receive a designation under this subchapter."
(b) The subcommittee must consist of individuals with
(4) On page 2, line 7, strike "advisory council" and substitute "subcommittee".
(5) On page 2, line 8, strike "advisory council" and substitute "subcommittee".
(6) On page 2, line 18, between "neonatal care" and the underlined semicolon, insert "in accordance with the rules established under Section 241.183(a)(1)".
(7) On page 3, strike lines 3-12 and substitute the following:
(1) implement and maintain a cohesive multidisciplinary structure for its health care team;
(2) monitor short-term and long-term patient diagnostic and therapeutic outcomes; and
(3) provide to the department annual reports containing aggregate data on short-term and long-term diagnostic and therapeutic outcomes as requested or required by the department and make those reports available to the public.
(8) On page 3, line 16, strike "December 1, 2015" and substitute "March 1, 2018".
(9) On page 3, line 17, strike "2016" and substitute "2018".