Amend CSHB 2292 as follows:
(1) On page 156, by strike lines 4 and 5 and substitute the
following:
SECTION 2.89. (a) Sections 2(a) and (c), Article 4.11,
Insurance Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) "Carrier" means any insurer, managed care
organization, or group hospital service plan transacting any such
insurance business in this state including companies operating
under the provisions of Chapters 841, 842, 843, 861, 881, 882, 883,
884, 941, 942, and 982, [3, 8, 11, 13, 15, 18, 19, 20, 20A, and 22 of
the] Insurance Code, Chapter 533, Government Code, or Title XIX of
the federal Social Security Act. The term does not include [but
excluding] local mutual aid associations, fraternal benefit
societies or associations, and societies that limit their
membership to one occupation. For purposes of computing the
premium tax under this article, a managed care organization shall
be treated in the same manner as a health maintenance organization.
(2) In Article 2 of the bill, insert the following new
SECTIONS, appropriately numbered, and renumber subsequent SECTIONS
of the bill appropriately:
SECTION 2._____. Article 27.05, Insurance Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Art. 27.05. EXEMPTION FROM PREMIUM TAX. The issuer of a
children's health benefit plan approved under Article 27.03 of this
code is not subject to the premium tax imposed by Article 4.11 of
this code or the tax on revenues imposed under Section 33, Texas
Health Maintenance Organization Act (Article 20A.33, Vernon's
Texas Insurance Code), with respect to money received for coverage
provided under this plan.
SECTION 2._____. Chapter 27, Insurance Code, is amended by
adding Article 27.07 to read as follows:
Art. 27.07. INAPPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN PLANS. This chapter
does not apply to a health benefit plan provided under the state
Medicaid program or the state child health plan.