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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
AMARILLO DIVISION

AMERICAN HEALTH CARE
ASSOCIATION; LEADING AGE; TEXAS
HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATION;
ARBROOK PLAZA; BOOKER HOSPITAL
DISTRICT; HARBOR LAKES NURSING
& REHABILITATION CENTER,

                                                          Plaintiffs,  
    
                                                               Nos. 2:24-cv-00114-Z-BR (lead case)                                    
                                                                2:24-cv-00171 (consolidated case)

STATE OF TEXAS,

                                                          Consolidated
                                                          Plaintiff,

                               v.

XAVIER BECERRA, in his official capacity
as Secretary of the United States
Department of Health and Human Services;
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES;
CHIQUITA BROOKS-LASURE, in her
official capacity as Administrator of the
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services;
CENTERS FOR MEDICARE &
MEDICAID SERVICES,

                                                            Defendants.

BRIEF OF THE AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION
AND THE TEXAS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION
AS AMICI CURIAE IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFFS