Amend SB 1731 (House Committee Report) as follows:                           

(1)  In SECTION 5 of the bill, in added Subsection (d), 	Section 101.352, Occupations Code (page 12, lines 14 and 15), 
strike "before discharging the patient from the emergency 
department or hospital" and substitute "not later than the 10th 
business day after the request or before discharging the patient 
from the emergency department or hospital, whichever is later".
	(2)  In SECTION 8 of the bill, in Subparagraph (xi), 
Paragraph (C), Subdivision (3), Subsection (b), Section 843.155, 
Insurance Code (page 18, line 27), following the semicolon, insert 
"and".
	(3)  In SECTION 8 of the bill (page 19, lines 2 through 4), 
strike Subparagraphs (xiii) and (xiv), Paragraph (C), Subdivision 
(3), Subsection (b), Section 843.155, Insurance Code.
	(4)  In SECTION 9 of the bill, strike Subparagraphs (xi) 
through (xiv), Paragraph (C), Subdivision (3), Subsection (b), 
Section 1301.009, Insurance Code (page 20, lines 21 through 27), 
and substitute the following:
				(xi)  the credentials of physicians who are 
preferred providers; and
				(xii)  the number of preferred providers.                            
	(5)  In SECTION 10 of the bill, in added Subsection (d), 
Section 1456.003, Insurance Code (page 25, line 1), strike "Any 
explanation" and substitute "Along with any explanation".
	(6)  In SECTION 10 of the bill, in added Subsection (d), 
Section 1456.003, Insurance Code (page 25, line 4), between 
"amount" and "shall also", insert ", a health benefit plan".