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Amend SB 1621 on third reading by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent the SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Section 1088.104, Special District Local Laws Code, is amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(c) The hospital system may include:
(1) facilities for domiciliary care of the sick, injured, or geriatric;
(2) outpatient clinics;
(3) dispensaries;
(4) convalescent home facilities;
(5) necessary nurses;
(6) domiciliaries and training centers;
(7) blood banks;
(8) community mental health centers;
(9) research centers or laboratories; and
(10) any other facilities the board considers necessary for medical care, [and] hospital care, and public safety and health.
(d) A facility for public safety and health described by Subsection (c)(10) may only be:
(1) constructed by the district using private money; and
(2) used by the district, or any governmental entity to which the district leases the facility, for public safety and health purposes.