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	Amend CSHB 109 by adding the following appropriately numbered 
SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill 
accordingly:
	SECTION ____. Section 62.156, Health and Safety Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 62.156, HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS. (a) Health care providers 
who provide health care services under the child health plan must 
satisfy certification and licensure requirements, as required by 
the commission, consistent with law.
	(b) The commission shall establish a method of tracking 
applications from health care providers under this section. The 
commission or the commission's contractor must notify the health 
care provider of the decision regarding contracting with the 
provider not later than the 30th day after the commission receives 
the provider's application.