Amend CSSB 926 (senate committee printing) as follows:
(1) In SECTION 1 of the bill, immediately following added Section 843.322(d), Insurance Code (page 2, between lines 3 and 4), insert the following:
(e) An encouragement or incentive authorized by this section may not:
(1) be based solely on cost; or
(2) impose a cost-sharing requirement for out-of-network emergency services that is greater than the cost-sharing requirement that would apply had the services been furnished by a participating provider.
(f) This section does not apply to a vision care plan, as defined by Section 1451.157.
(2) In SECTION 3 of the bill, immediately following added Section 1301.0047(d), Insurance Code (page 2, between lines 50 and 51), insert the following:
(e) An encouragement or incentive authorized by this section may not:
(1) be based solely on cost; or
(2) impose a cost-sharing requirement for out-of-network emergency services that is greater than the cost-sharing requirement that would apply had the services been furnished by a preferred provider.
(f) This section does not apply to a vision care plan, as defined by Section 1451.157.