Amend SB 1173 (House Committee Printing) as follows:                         

(1)  In the recital to SECTION 1 of the bill (page 1, line 7), 	strike "Section 1551.218" and substitute "Sections 1551.218 and 
1551.219".
	(2)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, immediately following added 
Section 1551.218, Insurance Code (page 2, between lines 3 and 4), 
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 shall 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.