Amend CSSB 7 (house committee printing) in ARTICLE 6 of the bill by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the ARTICLE and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the ARTICLE accordingly:

SECTION 6.____.  Section 31.002(a)(3), Health and Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:

(3)  "Other benefit" means a benefit, other than a benefit provided under this chapter, to which an individual is entitled for payment of the costs of primary health care services, including benefits available from:

(A)  an insurance policy, group health plan, or prepaid medical care plan;

(B)  Title XVIII, [or] XIX, or XXI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1395 et seq., [or] Section 1396 et seq., or Section 1397aa et seq.); or

(C)  [the Veterans Administration;

[(D)     the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services;

[(E)     workers' compensation or any other compulsory employers' insurance program;

[(F)]  a public program created by federal or state law, or by an ordinance or rule of a municipality or political subdivision of the state, excluding benefits created by the establishment of a municipal or county hospital, a joint municipal-county hospital, a county hospital authority, a hospital district, or the facilities of a publicly supported medical school[; or

[(G)     a cause of action for medical, facility, or medical transportation expenses, or a settlement or judgment based on the cause of action, if the expenses are related to the need for services provided under this chapter].

SECTION 6.____.  Section 31.003(g), Health and Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:

(g)  The department shall ensure that an approved service provider makes every reasonable effort to collect appropriate reimbursement for its costs in providing primary health care services to persons who are entitled to receive other benefits [board should require that the services provided under this chapter be reserved to the greatest extent possible for low-income individuals who are not eligible for similar services through any other publicly funded program].