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	Amend HB 2624 on 3rd reading by inserting the following 
SECTIONS, appropriately numbered, and renumbering subsequent 
SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  Subchapter B, Chapter 1271, Insurance Code, 
is amended by adding Section 1271.057 to read as follows:
	Sec. 1271.057.  CERTAIN TRANSPORTATION COSTS.  An evidence 
of  coverage that provides benefits for the cost of transporting an 
enrollee who is injured in an accident to a hospital or other 
facility for medical care must also provide benefits to reimburse a 
person, including a governmental entity, for the cost of 
transporting the body of an enrollee who dies in an accident to a 
morgue or other facility.
	SECTION ____.  Chapter 1701, Insurance Code, is amended by 
adding Subchapter E to read as follows:

SUBCHAPTER E.  MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
	Sec. 1701.201.  CERTAIN TRANSPORTATION COSTS.  A document 
subject to this chapter that provides benefits for the cost of 
transporting a covered individual who is injured in an accident to a 
hospital or other facility for medical care must also provide 
benefits to reimburse a person, including a governmental entity, 
for the cost of transporting the body of a covered individual who 
dies in an accident to a morgue or other facility.
	SECTION ____.  Sections 1271.057 and 1701.201, Insurance 
Code, as added by this Act, apply only to an evidence of coverage, 
policy, contract, or certificate that is delivered, issued for 
delivery, or renewed on or after January 1, 2008. An evidence of 
coverage, policy, contract, or certificate that is delivered, 
issued for delivery, or renewed before January 1, 2008, is governed 
by the law as it existed immediately before the effective date of 
this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.