Amend CSHB 300 (house committee printing) as follows:
(1) On page 2, line 3, strike "A" and substitute "Subject to Section 181.051, a".
(2) On page 3, line 12, between "EXCEPTIONS." and "A" insert "(a)".
(3) On page 3, line 20, strike "or".
(4) On page 3, between lines 21 and 22, insert the following:
(D) performing an insurance or health maintenance organization function described by Section 602.053, Insurance Code; or
(5) On page 3, between lines 23 and 24, insert the following:
(b) The direct or indirect remuneration a covered entity receives for making a disclosure of protected health information authorized by Subsection (a)(1)(D) may not exceed the covered entity's reasonable costs of preparing or transmitting the protected health information.
(6) On page 5, between lines 4 and 5, insert the following:
(e) This section does not apply to a covered entity, as defined by Section 602.001, Insurance Code, if that entity is not a covered entity as defined by 45 C.F.R. Section 160.103 or Section 181.001 of this code.
(7) On page 11, line 10, between "must" and the underlined colon, insert "be designed to".
(8) On page 12, line 7, strike "including Sections 181.153 and 181.154" and substitute "except as otherwise provided by that subchapter".