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Amend SB 748 (senate committee report) as follows:
(1) In SECTION 2 of the bill, strike added Section 33.054, Health and Safety Code (page 2, lines 10-22), and substitute the following:
Sec. 33.054. REPORT. If the department requires an additional newborn screening test under Subchapter B the costs of which are funded with money appropriated from the newborn screening preservation account, the department shall, not later than September 1 of each even-numbered year, prepare and submit to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and each standing committee of the legislature having primary jurisdiction over the department a written report that:
(1) summarizes the implementation plan for the test, including anticipated completion dates for implementing the test and potential barriers to conducting the test; and
(2) summarizes the actions taken by the department to fund and implement the test during the preceding two years.
(2) Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Notwithstanding Section 33.054, Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act, the Department of State Health Services shall submit the first report required by that section not later than December 1, 2019.