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Amend SB 73 (senate committee report) as follows:
(1) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in amended Section 170.002(c), Health and Safety Code (page 1, line 27), strike "department" and substitute "commission [department]".
(2) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in amended Section 170.002(c), Health and Safety Code (page 1, line 28), strike "department" and substitute "commission [department]".
(3) In SECTION 2 of the bill, in added Section 171.006, Health and Safety Code (page 1, line 38), between the underlined period and "For each abortion", insert "(a)".
(4) In SECTION 2 of the bill, in added Section 171.006, Health and Safety Code (page 1, line 41), strike "department" and substitute "commission".
(5) In SECTION 2 of the bill, following added Section 171.006, Health and Safety Code (page 2, between lines 22 and 23), insert the following:
(b) Except as provided by Section 245.023, all information and records held by the commission under this section are confidential and are not open records for the purposes of Chapter 552, Government Code. That information may not be released or made public on subpoena or otherwise, except release may be made:
(1) for statistical purposes, but only if a person, patient, or health care facility is not identified;
(2) with the consent of each person, patient, and facility identified in the information released;
(3) to medical personnel, appropriate state agencies, or county and district courts to enforce this chapter; or
(4) to appropriate state licensing boards to enforce state licensing laws.