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Amend HB 1290 as follows by adding the following new sections 
and renumbering subsequent sections appropriately:
	SECTION ____.  Subchapter E, Chapter 1551, Insurance Code, 
is amended by adding Section 1551.225 to read as follows:
	Sec. 1551.225.  BARIATRIC SURGERY COVERAGE.  (a)  The board 
of trustees shall develop a cost-neutral or cost-positive plan for 
providing under the group benefits program bariatric surgery 
coverage for employees eligible to participate in the program under 
Section 1551.101.
	(b)  The board of trustees may adopt rules as necessary to 
implement this section.
	SECTION ____.  The board of trustees of the Employees 
Retirement System of Texas shall implement the plan required by 
Section 1551.225, Insurance Code, as added by this Act, as soon as 
practicable, but not later than September 1, 2010.