Amend CSHB 1148 (house committee report) on page 2, line 16, immediately after the period, by inserting the following:
When designating the administrative cooperative for a public health region, the department shall consider:
(1) any local support for an administrative cooperative applicant within the public health region; and
(2) the geographic area of and number of individuals served by each trauma service area regional advisory council located in the public health region.