Amend CSSB 1237 as follows:
      (1)  In SECTION 1, strike the recital (house committee
printing, page 1, lines 5-6), and substitute the following:
      SECTION 1.  Section 1, Article 21.07-6, Insurance Code, is
amended by amending Subdivision (1) and adding Subdivision (9) to
read as follows:
      (2)  In SECTION 1, following amended Section 1(1), Article
21.07-6, Insurance Code (house committee printing, page 5, between
lines 8 and 9), insert a new Subdivision (9) to read as follows:
            (9)  "Pharmacy benefit manager" means a person who acts
as an administrator in connection with pharmacy benefits.
      (3)  Following SECTION 1, insert a new SECTION to be numbered
appropriately to read as follows:
      SECTION ____.  Subsection (a), Section 3, Article 21.07-6,
Insurance Code, is amended to read as follows:
      (a)  An individual, corporation, organization, trust,
partnership, or other legal entity may not act as or hold itself
out as an administrator, including a pharmacy benefit manager,
unless it is covered by and is doing business under a certificate
of authority issued under this article.
      (4)  Following SECTION 2, insert a new SECTION to be numbered
appropriately to read as follows:
      SECTION ____.  Article 21.07-6, Insurance Code, is amended by
adding Section 19B to read as follows:
      Sec. 19B.  DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN PATIENT INFORMATION
PROHIBITED.  (a)  A pharmacy benefit manager may not disclose to an
employer contracting with the manager under an employer plan
information in the possession of the manager or to which the
manager has access that was compiled during the course of treatment
of a patient who is an employee or dependent of an employee and
that could reasonably be used to determine the identity of the
patient, including:
            (1)  a medical record;
            (2)  genetic test information;
            (3)  a clinical research record; or
            (4)  a prescription record.
      (b)  A pharmacy benefit manager may not sell or share for
purposes of establishing a financial interest a list of patients
that contains information through which the identity of individual
patients is disclosed.
      (c)  All patient, physician, and health care provider data
maintained by the pharmacy benefit manager shall be maintained in a
confidential manner that prevents unauthorized disclosure to third
parties.
      (d)  This section does not prohibit:
            (1)  general advertising about a specific
pharmaceutical product or service;
            (2)  a person from requesting and receiving information
regarding a specific pharmaceutical product or service; or
            (3)  a person from requesting and receiving information
regarding the person's own records or claims, or information
regarding the person's dependent's records or claims.
      (5)  Renumber SECTIONS of the bill appropriately.