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Amend CSHB 2950 (senate committee printing) as follows:
(1) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 81.404(a), Health and Safety Code, insert the following appropriately numbered subdivisions to that subsection and renumber the subsequent subdivisions of that subsection and cross references to those subdivisions accordingly:
( ) at least one member who is a county judge of a county with a population of less than 100,000;
( ) at least one member who is a county judge of a county with a population of 100,000 or more;
(2) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Subchapter J, Chapter 81, Health and Safety Code (page 2, between lines 45 and 46), insert the following section:
Sec. 81.409. INFECTIOUS DISEASE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FACILITIES AT HEALTH CARE-RELATED INSTITUTIONS. (a) The commission may enter into contracts or agreements to assist in the establishment of infectious disease emergency preparedness facilities at health care-related institutions in this state. The contracts or agreements may provide for payment by the commission to develop and equip infectious disease emergency preparedness facilities at health care-related institutions in this state, as well as for materials, equipment, services, or other items the commission considers necessary to implement this section.
(b) This section expires September 1, 2017.
(3) Strike SECTION 3 of the bill (page 2, line 57) and substitute the following:
SECTION ____. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2015.