Amend CSSB 1 (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered ARTICLE to the bill and renumbering the remaining ARTICLES and SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

ARTICLE ____. OPTOMETRY CAREER PROGRAM AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON

SECTION ____.01. Subchapter C, Chapter 111, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 111.43 to read as follows:

Sec. 111.43. OPTOMETRY CAREER PROGRAM. The university may operate a summer program that prepares highly qualified, economically disadvantaged junior-level, senior-level, and postbaccalaureate students from any public or private institution of higher education for advanced studies and a career in the field of optometry.