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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                   Bill No. HB 783

    Amendment No.     (for drafter's use only)

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11  Representative(s) Farkas offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with directory language and title

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15         On page 4, between lines 18 & 19,

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18         (36)  No health maintenance organization's contract

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20  form the subscriber's contracted primary care physician or

21  contracted admitting physician during an inpatient stay.

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25  And the directory language is amended as follows:

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                   Bill No. HB 783

    Amendment No.     (for drafter's use only)





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