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Amend CSSB 1370 as follows:                                                  
	(1)  In Article 1 of the bill, insert the following new 
SECTION:             
	SECTION 1.____.  Subchapter E, Chapter 3, Insurance Code, is 
amended by adding Article 3.50-7A to read as follows:
	Art. 3.50-7A.  LIMITATIONS APPLICABLE TO TEXAS SCHOOL 
EMPLOYEES UNIFORM GROUP COVERAGE PROGRAM.  (a)  This article 
applies only to the uniform group coverage program established 
under Article 3.50-7 of this code.  A term used in this article has 
the meaning assigned by Section 2, Article 3.50-7, of this code.
	(b)  The Teacher Retirement System of Texas, as trustee, may 
not contract for or provide a health coverage plan that excludes 
from participation in the network a general hospital that:
		(1)  is located in a county, all or part of which is 
located within the geographical service area of the health coverage 
plan, in which at least two, but not more than four, general 
hospitals are located; and
		(2)  agrees to provide medical and health care services 
under the plan subject to the same terms and conditions as other 
hospital providers under the plan.
	(2)  In Article 2 of the bill, insert the following new 
SECTION:             
	SECTION 2.____.  (a)  Section 1551.205, Insurance Code, is 
amended to conform to Section 30, Chapter 1231, Acts of the 77th 
Legislature, Regular Session, 2001, and further amended to read as 
follows:
	Sec. 1551.205.  LIMITATIONS.  (a)  The board of trustees may 
not contract for or provide a coverage plan that:
		(1)  excludes or limits coverage or services for 
acquired immune deficiency syndrome, as defined by the Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention of the United States Public Health 
Service, or human immunodeficiency virus infection; or
		(2)  provides coverage for serious mental illness that 
is less extensive than the minimum coverage [provided] for serious 
mental [any physical] illness required by Section 3, Article 
3.51-14.
	(b)  The board of trustees may not contract for or provide a 
coverage plan that excludes from participation in the network a 
general hospital that:
		(1)  is located in a county, all or part of which is 
located within the geographical service area of the health coverage 
plan, in which at least two, but not more than four, general 
hospitals are located; and
		(2)  agrees to provide medical and health care services 
under the plan subject to the same terms and conditions as other 
hospital providers under the plan.
	(b)  Section 30, Chapter 1231, Acts of the 77th Legislature, 
Regular Session, 2001, is repealed.
	(3)  In Article 3 of the bill, insert the following new 
SECTION:             
	SECTION 3.____.  Subchapter D, Chapter 1575, Insurance Code, 
as effective June 1, 2003, is amended by adding Section 1575.163 to 
read as follows:
	Sec. 1575.163.  LIMITATIONS.  The Teacher Retirement System 
of Texas, as trustee, may not contract for or provide a health 
benefit plan that excludes from participation in the network a 
general hospital that:
		(1)  is located in a county, all or part of which is 
located within the geographical service area of the health coverage 
plan, in which at least two, but not more than four, general 
hospitals are located; and
		(2)  agrees to provide medical and health care services 
under the plan subject to the same terms and conditions as other 
hospital providers under the plan.
	(4)  Renumber SECTIONS of the bill appropriately.