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Amend CSSB 749 (house committee report) on page 5, by striking lines 10-12 and substituting the following:
(b) The process developed and implemented under this section must:
(1) subject to Subdivision (2), allow a hospital to submit a written request under Subsection (a) at any time;
(2) require a hospital to:
(A) before submitting the request, provide notice of the hospital's intention to seek a waiver under this section to the hospital's medical staff who practice in a specialty service area affected by the waiver;
(B) provide the notice required by Paragraph (A) in accordance with the hospital's process for communicating information to medical staff; and
(C) document the provision of the notice required by Paragraph (A); and
(3) allow the department to make a determination on the request at any time.