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Amend HB 1951 on third reading (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered ARTICLE to the bill and renumbering subsequent ARTICLES and SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
ARTICLE ____. CERTAIN HEALTH COVERAGES
SECTION ____.01.  Section 1355.001(1), Insurance Code, is amended to read as follows:
(1)  "Serious mental illness" means the following psychiatric illnesses as defined by the American Psychiatric Association in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM):
(A)  bipolar disorders (hypomanic, manic, depressive, and mixed);
(B)  depression in childhood and adolescence;
(C)  major depressive disorders (single episode or recurrent);
(D)  obsessive-compulsive disorders;
(E)  paranoid and other psychotic disorders;
(F)  schizo-affective disorders (bipolar or depressive); [and]
(G)  schizophrenia; and
(H)  anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and eating disorders not otherwise specified.