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	Amend CSHB 2624 as follows:                                                  
	(1). Strike lines 13-17 on page 1, and substitute therefore 
the following:   

"may be:                                                               
		(1) billed to the applicable insurance company of the 
person for whom the department performs the service if the service 
is a covered benefit under the applicable policy and an assignment 
of benefits, if necessary, is provided to the department; and 
		(2) covered benefits under an assignment of benefits 
must be paid as required under applicable provisions of the 
insurance code for prompt payment of covered claims."
	(2). Strike the word "must" on line 3 and insert the word 
"may" and strike lines 4-7 on page 2 substitute therefore the 
following:

"may be;                                                               
		(1) billed to the applicable insurance company of the 
person for whom the department performs the service if the service 
is a covered benefit under the applicable policy and an assignment 
of benefits, if necessary, is provided to the department; and
		(2) covered benefits under an assignment of benefits 
must be paid as required under applicable provisions of the 
insurance code for prompt payment of covered claims."
	(3). Strike the last sentence on page 3, lines 5-7 beginning 
with "The fee must be billed to the applicable insurance company of 
the person for whom the department performs the service." And 
substitute therefore the following:

"The fee may be billed to the applicable insurance company of the 
person for whom the department performs the service if the service 
is covered benefit under the applicable policy and an assignment of 
benefits, if necessary, is provided to the department."