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Amend SB 697 (senate committee printing) as follows:
(1) In SECTION 1 of the bill, between added Sections 1369.452 and 1369.453, Insurance Code (page 2, lines 15-16), insert the following:
Sec. 1369.453. APPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN MEDICATIONS. This subchapter applies with respect to only a medication that:
(1) is covered by the enrollee's health benefit plan;
(2) meets the prior authorization criteria specifically applicable to the medication under the health benefit plan on the date the request for synchronization is made;
(3) is used for treatment and management of a chronic illness, as that term is defined by Section 1369.456;
(4) may be prescribed with refills;
(5) is a formulation that can be effectively dispensed in accordance with the medication synchronization plan described by Section 1369.456; and
(6) is not, according to the schedules established by the commissioner of the Department of State Health Services under Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code:
(A) a Schedule II controlled substance; or
(B) a Schedule III controlled substance containing hydrocodone.
(2) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 1369.453(a), Insurance Code (page 2, line 18), between "for" and "a", insert "a partial supply of".
(3) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 1369.453(a), Insurance Code (page 2, lines 19-20), strike "dispensed in a quantity that is less than a 30 days' supply".
(4) Renumber the sections added by the bill to Chapter 1369, Insurance Code, and any cross-references to those sections appropriately.