Amend CSHB 3752 (house committee printing) between page 2, line 27, and page 3, line 1, by inserting the following appropriately numbered section and renumbering subsequent sections and cross-references to those sections accordingly:
Sec. ____. COVERAGE OF ESSENTIAL HEALTH BENEFITS. Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, health benefits or health benefit plans offered to individuals and small employers under this subchapter, including alternative health benefits, must provide coverage for the essential health benefits listed in 42 U.S.C. Section 18022(b)(1) and other benefits identified by the United States secretary of health and human services as essential health benefits.