Amend SB 17 (house committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  Section 34.002(b), Health and Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:

(b)  The task force is a multidisciplinary advisory committee within the department and is composed of the following 17 [15] members:

(1)  15 [13] members appointed by the commissioner as follows:

(A)  four physicians specializing in obstetrics, at least one of whom is a maternal fetal medicine specialist;

(B)  one certified nurse-midwife;

(C)  one registered nurse;

(D)  one nurse specializing in labor and delivery;

(E)  one physician specializing in family practice;

(F) [(E)]  one physician specializing in psychiatry;

(G) [(F)]  one physician specializing in pathology;

(H) [(G)]  one epidemiologist, biostatistician, or researcher of pregnancy-related deaths;

(I) [(H)]  one social worker or social service provider;

(J) [(I)]  one community advocate in a relevant field; [and]

(K) [(J)]  one medical examiner or coroner responsible for recording deaths; and

(2)  a representative of the department's family and community health programs; and

(3)  the state epidemiologist for the department or the epidemiologist's designee.