Amend CSSB 30 (senate committee printing) as follows:
(1) In SECTION 2 of the bill, strike added Section 18.0011(a)(1)(B), Civil Practice and Remedies Code (page 2, lines 40-42), and substitute the following:
(B) if Paragraph (A) does not apply, an amount that does not exceed the amount determined under Subsection (d); and
(2) In SECTION 2 of the bill, immediately following added Section 18.0011(c), Civil Practice and Remedies Code (page 3, between lines 5 and 6), insert the following:
(d) For purposes of Subsection (a)(1)(B), the amount stated in the affidavit as the reasonable charge for the service may not exceed an amount equal to 300 percent of the Medicare fee schedule for the service, as the schedule existed on May 1, 2025, increased or decreased, as applicable, by multiplying by the percentage increase or decrease in the consumer price index, as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor, that measures the average changes in prices of goods and services purchased by urban wage earners and clerical workers' families and single workers living alone (CPI-W: Seasonally Adjusted U.S. City Average-All Items), between May 1, 2025, and the date on which the service was provided.
(3) In SECTION 8 of the bill, strike added Section 41.104(a)(3), Civil Practice and Remedies Code (page 7, lines 19-22), and substitute the following:
(3) if Subdivisions (1) and (2) do not apply, amounts that do not exceed amounts determined under Subsection (d).
(4) In SECTION 8 of the bill, in added Section 41.104(b), Civil Practice and Remedies Code (page 7, lines 30-31), strike "300 percent of the Medicare fee schedule applicable to each service as of the date the trial commenced" and substitute "amounts determined under Subsection (e)".
(5) In SECTION 8 of the bill, immediately following added Section 41.104(c), Civil Practice and Remedies Code (page 7, between lines 37 and 38), insert the following:
(d) For purposes of Subsection (a)(3), the evidence that may be offered is limited to evidence of amounts that do not exceed amounts equal to 300 percent of the Medicare fee schedule for each service provided to the injured individual, as the schedule existed on May 1, 2025, increased or decreased, as applicable, by multiplying by the percentage increase or decrease in the consumer price index, as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor, that measures the average changes in prices of goods and services purchased by urban wage earners and clerical workers' families and single workers living alone (CPI-W: Seasonally Adjusted U.S. City Average-All Items), between May 1, 2025, and the date the service was provided to the injured individual.
(e) For purposes of Subsection (b), the evidence that may be offered is limited to evidence of amounts that do not exceed amounts equal to 300 percent of the Medicare fee schedule for each service, as the schedule existed on May 1, 2025, increased or decreased, as applicable, by multiplying by the percentage increase or decrease in the consumer price index, as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor, that measures the average changes in prices of goods and services purchased by urban wage earners and clerical workers' families and single workers living alone (CPI-W: Seasonally Adjusted U.S. City Average-All Items), between May 1, 2025, and the date the trial commences.