Amend CSSB 749 (senate committee report) as follows:
(1) In SECTION 2 of the bill, in added Section 241.1835(c), Health and Safety Code (page 2, lines 30-34), strike "in collaboration with the Perinatal Advisory Council established under Section 241.187 and other relevant interested persons, including hospital-based and community-based physicians of applicable specialties with experience in providing telemedicine medical services" and substitute "in consultation with the department, physicians of appropriate specialties, statewide hospital associations, and other appropriate interested persons".
(2) In SECTION 3 of the bill, in added Section 241.187(m)(1)(A), Health and Safety Code (page 3, line 54), immediately following the underlined semicolon, strike "and".
(3) In SECTION 3 of the bill, in added Section 241.187(m)(1), Health and Safety Code, immediately following Paragraph (B) (page 3, between lines 57 and 58), insert the following:
(C) requirements for a level of care designation that relate to gestational age; and
(D) whether, in making a level of care designation for a hospital, the department or the perinatal advisory council should consider:
(i) the geographic area in which the hospital is located; and
(ii) regardless of the number of patients of a particular gestational age treated by the hospital, the hospital's capabilities in providing care to patients of a particular gestational age;
(4) In SECTION 4(a) of the bill, in the transition language (page 4, line 7), strike "2020" and substitute "2021".