Amend HB 1913 as follows:
      (1)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, in Subsection (g), Section 3,
Article 3.70-3C, Insurance Code, as amended by the bill (Senate
committee printing, page 1, lines 34-36) strike "the peer review
process must be initiated simultaneously with the termination or
suspension" and substitute the following:
"the insurer may immediately suspend the physician or practitioner
if the physician's or practitioner's facility admission privileges
have been revoked or suspended for longer than 30 days because of
quality of care issues or the physician or provider is subject to
an order of the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners that
revokes, suspends, or restricts the physician's or provider's
license, if the review process is initiated simultaneously with the
termination or suspension".
      (2)  In SECTION 2 of the bill, in Subsection (b), Section
18A, Texas Health Maintenance Organization Act (Article 20A.18A,
Vernon's Texas Insurance Code), as amended by the bill (Senate
committee printing, page 2, lines 19-20) strike "the peer review
process must be initiated simultaneously with the termination or
suspension" and substitute the following:
"the health maintenance organization may immediately suspend the
physician or practitioner if the physician's or practitioner's
facility admission privileges have been revoked or suspended for
longer than 30 days because of quality of care issues or the
physician or provider is subject to an order of the Texas State
Board of Medical Examiners that revokes, suspends, or restricts the
physician's or provider's license, if the peer review process is
initiated simultaneously with the termination or suspension".