Amend CSHB 1676 as follows:
      (1) On page 3, line 22, between "REQUIRED." and "The", insert
the following:
      (a) In this section, "preauthorization" means the provision
of a reliable representation to a physician or health care provider
of whether the issuer of a health benefit plan will pay the
physician or provider for proposed medical or health care services
if the physician or provider renders those services to the patient
for whom the services are proposed.  The term includes
precertification, certification, recertification, or any other
activity that involves providing a reliable representation by the
issuer of a health benefit plan to a physician or health care
provider.
      (b)
            (2) On page 3, line 25, strike "precertification or".
            (2) On page 3, line 26, strike "management" and
substitute "review".