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Amend Floor Amendment No. 1 to CSSB 5 (senate committee printing) as follows:
(1) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 171.0031(a), Health and Safety Code (page 1, lines 7-12), strike Subdivision (1) and substitute the following:
(1) must comply with 25 T.A.C. Section 139.56, relating to the protocol for managing medical emergencies and the transfer of patients to a hospital, or perform the abortion at a licensed abortion facility that complies with that section; and
(2) In SECTION 3 of the bill, in amended Section 245.010(a), Health and Safety Code (page 6, line 5), between "centers" and the underlined period, insert the following:
, except that an abortion facility may comply with the standards relating to the protocol for managing medical emergencies and the transfer of patients to a hospital under 25 T.A.C. Section 139.56 in lieu of the standards relating to the transfer of patients requiring emergency care and admitting privileges under 25 T.A.C. Section 135.11(b)(19)