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.