Amend HB 1628 by adding appropriately numbered SECTIONS to
read as follows and renumbering remaining SECTIONS accordingly:
      SECTION ____.  Subchapter H, Chapter 26, Insurance Code, is
amended by adding Article 26.96 to read as follows:
      Art. 26.96.  REPORTING OF CLAIMS INFORMATION.  (a)  This
article applies only to an insured employer health benefit plan.
      (b)  An employer carrier, on written request from an insured
employer covered by that carrier, shall report to the employer
information from the 12 months preceding the date of the report
regarding:
            (1)  the total amount of charges submitted to the
carrier for persons covered under the employer health benefit plan;
            (2)  the total amount of payments made by the carrier
to health care providers for persons covered under the plan; and
            (3)  to the extent available, information on claims
paid by type of health care provider, including the total hospital
charges, physician charges, pharmaceutical charges, and other
charges.
      (c)  An employer carrier shall provide information requested
by an employer under this article annually not later than the 30th
day before the anniversary or renewal date of the employer's health
benefit plan.
      (d)  Notwithstanding Subsection (c) of this article, an
employer is not required to provide information under Subsection
(b) of this article earlier than the 30th day after the date of the
initial written request.
      (e)  An employer carrier may not report any information
required under this article the release of which is prohibited by
federal law or regulation.
      (f)  Claim information provided by an employer carrier under
this section shall be provided in the aggregate, without
information through which a specific individual covered by the
health insurance or evidence of coverage may be identified.
      SECTION ____.  Article 26.96, Insurance Code, as added by
this Act, applies only to a contract entered into on or after the
effective date of this Act.  A contract entered into before that
date is governed by the law as it existed immediately before the
effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for
that purpose.