Amend HB 2536 (senate committee report) as follows:
(1) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 441.0002(c), Health and Safety Code (page 1, line 63), strike "five calendar years or 10" and substitute "three calendar years or 15".
(2) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 441.0002(c), Health and Safety Code (page 2, line 1), strike "12 months" and substitute "calendar year".
(3) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 441.0002(c)(5), Health and Safety Code (page 2, line 15), strike "five" and substitute "three".
(4) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 441.0002(c)(6), Health and Safety Code (page 2, line 18), strike "five" and substitute "three".
(5) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 441.0002(c)(6), Health and Safety Code (page 2, line 18), immediately following "calendar years;", insert "and".
(6) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 441.0002(c), Health and Safety Code, strike Subdivisions (7), (8), and (9) (page 2, lines 19-26) and substitute the following:
(7) a statement regarding the factor or factors that caused the increase in the wholesale acquisition cost and an explanation of the role of each factor's impact on the cost.
(7) In SECTION 2 of the bill, in added Section 1369.502, Insurance Code (page 3, between lines 23 and 24), between Subsections (a) and (b), insert the following:
(a-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the report due not later than February 1, 2020, under that subsection must state the required information for the immediately preceding three calendar years in addition to stating the required information for the preceding calendar year. This subsection expires September 1, 2021.
(8) In SECTION 2 of the bill, in added Section 1369.502, Insurance Code, strike Subsection (c) (page 3, lines 30-32) and substitute the following:
(c) Not later than May 1 of each year, the commissioner shall publish the aggregated data from all reports for that year required by this section in an appropriate location on the department's Internet website. The combined aggregated data from the reports must be published in a manner that does not disclose or tend to disclose proprietary or confidential information of any pharmacy benefit manager.
(9) In SECTION 2 of the bill, in added Section 1369.503, Insurance Code, strike Subsection (c) (page 3, lines 51-53) and substitute the following:
(c) Not later than May 1 of each year, the commissioner shall publish the aggregated data from all reports for that year required by this section in an appropriate location on the department's Internet website. The combined aggregated data from the reports must be published in a manner that does not disclose or tend to disclose proprietary or confidential information of any health benefit plan issuer.