Amend CSHB 501 (house committee printing) as follows:

(1)  On page 6, line 17, between "statement" and the colon, insert ", unless otherwise confidential or privileged".

(2)  On page 6, line 18, between "(1)" and "making", insert "agreements with a governmental entity, as defined by Section 572.023(e), for".

(3)  On page 6, line 19, between "services" and the semicolon, insert ", if the state officer personally enters into the agreement or directly performs the services".

(4)  Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  The changes in law made by this Act to Section 572.0252, Government Code, apply only to an agreement for making or receiving a referral entered into on or after the effective date of this Act. An agreement entered into before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the agreement was entered into, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.