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Amend Floor Amendment No. 1 to CSSB 5 (Senate Committee Printing) as follows:
(1) Strike SECTION 3 of the bill (page 5, line 28, to page 6, line 5) and substitute the following:
SECTION 3. Section 245.010, Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding Subsection (a-1) and amending Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(a-1) The minimum standards for an abortion facility that is constructed or renovated on or after September 1, 2014, must be equivalent to the minimum standards adopted under Section 243.010 for ambulatory surgical centers.
(c) The standards for a facility, other than a facility described by Subsection (a-1), 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.
(2) Strike SECTION 5 of the bill (page 6, lines 6-7) and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly.