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Amend SB 2124 (house committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Subchapter F, Chapter 843, Insurance Code, is amended by adding Section 843.212 to read as follows:
Sec. 843.212. PHYSICAL THERAPIST COPAYMENT LIMIT. A health care plan that requires an enrollee to pay a copayment for an office visit with the enrollee's primary care physician or provider may not charge a higher copayment amount to that enrollee for an office visit with a physical therapist.
SECTION ____. Subchapter D, Chapter 1301, Insurance Code, is amended by adding Section 1301.166 to read as follows:
Sec. 1301.166. PHYSICAL THERAPIST COPAYMENT LIMIT. A preferred provider benefit plan that requires an insured to pay a copayment for an office visit with the insured's primary care physician or provider may not charge a higher copayment amount to that insured for an office visit with a physical therapist.