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Amend HB 1744 as follows:                                                    
	(1) On page 1, line 7, strike "Section 1551.218" and 
substitute "Sections 1551.218 and 1551.219".
	(2) On page 2, between lines 2 and 3, insert the following:                    
	Sec. 1551.219. MAIL ORDER REQUIREMENT FOR PRESCRIPTION DRUG 
COVERAGE PROHIBITED. The board of trustees or a health benefit plan 
under this chapter that provides benefits for prescription drugs 
may not require a participant in the group benefits program to 
purchase a prescription drug through a mail order program.  The 
board or health benefit plan may require that a participant who 
chooses to obtain a prescription drug through a retail pharmacy or 
other method other than by mail order pay a deductible, copayment, 
coinsurance, or other cost-sharing obligation to cover the 
additional cost of obtaining a prescription drug through that 
method rather than by mail order.