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Amend Floor Amendment No. 1 to CSSB 5 (senate committee printing) as follows:
(1)  In the recital to SECTION 3 of the bill (page 5, lines 28-29), strike "Subsection (a), Section 245.010, Health and Safety Code, is" and substitute "Subsections (a) and (c), Section 245.010, Health and Safety Code, are".
(2)  In SECTION 3 of the bill, in amended Section 245.010(a), Health and Safety Code (page 6, line 4), between "facility" and "must", insert "that performs surgical abortions".
(3)  In SECTION 3 of the bill, immediately following amended Section 245.010(a), Health and Safety Code (page 6, between lines 5 and 6), insert the following:
(c)  Except as provided by Subsection (a), the [The] standards may not be more stringent than Medicare certification standards, if any, for:
(1)  qualifications for professional and nonprofessional personnel;
(2)  supervision of professional and nonprofessional personnel;
(3)  medical treatment and medical services provided by an abortion facility and the coordination of treatment and services, including quality assurance;
(4)  sanitary and hygienic conditions within an abortion facility;
(5)  the equipment essential to the health and welfare of the patients;
(6)  clinical records kept by an abortion facility; and
(7)  management, ownership, and control of the facility.
(4)  Strike SECTION 4 of the bill, repealing Section 245.010(c), Health and Safety Code (page 6, lines 6-7).