Amend HB 2748 by adding the following SECTIONS, appropriately numbered, and by renumbering the SECTIONS of the bill accordingly: SECTION _________. The Texas Health Maintenance Organization Act (Chapter 20A, Vernon's Texas Insurance Code) is amended by adding Section 9F to read as follows: Sec. 9F. USE OF PEDIATRICIAN AS PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a parent of a minor enrollee may choose and use any pediatrician as the minor enrollee's primary care physician without paying an additional fee or premium. (b) The parent shall notify the health maintenance organization of the parent's choice of pediatrician in the manner prescribed by the Texas Department of Insurance. The notice required under this subsection must: (1) include all information required by the Texas Department of Insurance, including a statement indicating the name of the pediatrician; and (2) be signed by the parent and the pediatrician interested in serving as the minor enrollee's primary care physician. (c) To be eligible to serve as the minor enrollee's primary care physician, the pediatrician must: (1) meet the health maintenance organization's requirements for participation as a primary care physician; and (2) be willing to coordinate all of the minor enrollee's health care needs. SECTION_______. Section 9E, Texas Health Maintenance Organization Act (Chapter 20A, Vernon's Texas Insurance Code), as added by this Act, applies only to an evidence of coverage delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed on or after January 1, 2000. An evidence of coverage delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed before January 1, 2000, 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.