Amend SB 382 as follows:
      (1)  Add a new section, appropriately numbered, to read as
follows:
      SECTION ____.  The Texas Health Maintenance Organization Act
(Article 20A.01 et seq., Vernon's Texas Insurance Code) is amended
by adding Section 9A to read as follows:
      Sec. 9A.  ENROLLEE WITH TERMINAL CONDITION.
(a)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, if an
enrollee is receiving services under a health care plan from a
physician or provider for a terminal condition, and the agreement
between the health maintenance organization and the physician or
provider under which the services are provided is terminated, the
enrollee may continue to receive services for which benefits are
provided under the plan from the physician or provider.
      (b)  The health maintenance organization shall reimburse the
physician or provider for services provided under this section at
the usual and customary rate or at an agreed rate.
      (c)  The commissioner, by rule, may define a condition that
is a terminal condition for purposes of this section.
      (d)  This section does not apply if the agreement with the
physician or provider is terminated for a reason related to the
medical competence or professional behavior of the physician or
provider.
      (2)  In the transition material in the bill, add a new
section, appropriately numbered, to read as follows:
      SECTION ____.  Section 9A, Texas Health Maintenance
Organization Act (Article 20A.09A, Vernon's Texas Insurance Code),
as added by this Act, applies only to an evidence of coverage that
is delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed on or after January
1, 1998.  An evidence of coverage that is delivered, issued for
delivery, or renewed before January 1, 1998, is governed by the law
as it existed immediately before the effective date of this Act,
and that law is continued in effect for this purpose.
      (3)  Renumber subsequent sections of the bill appropriately.