Amend Amendment No. 13 (page 71 of the prefiled amendments packet) by Zerwas to HB 1951 (house committee printing) as follows:

(1) In added Section 524.015(b)(1), Insurance Code, strike "health benefit plans may" and substitute "health benefit plans, including plans offered by regional or local health care programs under Chapter 75, Health and Safety Code, may".

(2) Immediately following added Section 524.015(b), Insurance Code, insert the following:

(c) Notwithstanding Section 75.104(d), Health and Safety Code, a regional or local health care program operating under Chapter 75, Health and Safety Code, that seeks to obtain certification from the division that a plan offered by the program is a qualified health plan is subject to regulation by the department under this code, including provisions of this code designated by the commissioner by rule as necessary for the protection of the public, in the same manner as an insurer.