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	Amend SB 1731 by adding the following appropriately numbered 
SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the 
bill as appropriate:
	SECTION ____.  Section 153.076(a), Family Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	(a)  The court shall order that each conservator of a child 
has a duty to inform the other conservator of the child in a timely 
manner of significant information concerning the health, 
education, and welfare of the child, including information related 
to whether the child is covered by a health benefits plan.
	SECTION ___.  Subchapter A, Chapter 1504, Insurance Code, is 
amended by adding Section 1504.004 to read as follows:
	Sec. 1504.004.  PARENT'S ACCESS TO COVERAGE STATUS 
INFORMATION.  (a)  Notwithstanding any other law, a health benefit 
plan issuer shall provide a parent of a child, regardless of the 
parent's conservatorship status, information regarding the status 
of the child's health benefits coverage if the parent provides 
proof of parenthood.  The commissioner may adopt rules under 
Section 1504.002 to implement this subsection, including rules 
related to requirements for establishing proof of parenthood.
	(b)  Section 843.007 does not prohibit a health benefit plan 
issuer from disclosing information described by Subsection (a).