Amend SB 561 by adding the following subsection (j) to 
Section 172.015:    
	(j) Subsections (c)-(i) do not apply to a payor of employee 
benefits participating in a cooperative effort to design and 
administer benefits through an administrative agency that includes 
a cooperative number that is a county with a population of at least 
two million that is adjacent to a county with a population of at 
least one million.