Amend SB 354 by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering the remaining SECTIONS as appropriate: SECTION ____. (a) The Center for Rural Health Initiatives shall conduct a study on the establishment of a visiting physician program to provide temporary relief to rural physicians. The study must include an assessment of: (1) the need for and potential utilization of a visiting physician program; (2) the methods to provide primary care on-site to patients in rural areas when a rural physician is away from the physician's practice for a short period of time to attend continuing medical education classes or for other reasons; and (3) the factors required to implement a visiting physician program, including the required training for visiting physicians, insurance requirements, reimbursement for services and expenses, and other factors that would affect the successful implementation of the program. (b) The Center for Rural Health Initiatives shall actively seek the participation of and relevant information from public medical schools, health science centers, professional physician associations, and practicing rural physicians. (c) Not later than November 1, 2000, the Center for Rural Health Initiatives shall report the results of the study to the presiding officers of the house of representatives and senate and to the standing committees of the house of representatives and senate that have primary jurisdiction over the Center for Rural Health Initiatives.