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Amend HB 1218 (Senate committee printing) as follows:                        
	(1)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, immediately following added 
Section 531.02416(d), Government Code (page 1, between lines 53 and 
54), insert the following:
	(e)  The pilot project shall initially use the method of 
secure transmission that is available at the time implementation of 
the pilot project begins, and subsequently move toward full 
interoperability in conjunction with the health information 
exchange development plan administered by the commission.
	(2)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 531.02416(e), 
Government Code (page 1, line 54), strike "(e)" and substitute 
"(f)".
	(3)  Strike SECTION 2 of the bill (page 1, lines 57-60) and 
substitute the following:
	SECTION 2.  The Health and Human Services Commission shall 
begin implementing the pilot project established under Section 
531.02416, Government Code, as added by this Act, as soon as 
feasible after September 1, 2009, but not later than the 60th day 
after the effective date of this Act.
	(4)  In SECTION 3 of the bill (page 1, line 61), strike 
"December 1, 2010" and substitute "January 1, 2011".