84R11370 PMO-F
By: Simmons H.B. No. 3986
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to coverage by certain health benefit plans for certain
services prescribed to treat autism spectrum disorder.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1355.015(c), Insurance Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(c) For purposes of Subsection (b), "generally recognized
services" may include services such as:
(1) evaluation and assessment services;
(2) applied behavior analysis;
(3) behavior training and behavior management;
(4) speech therapy;
(5) occupational therapy;
(6) physical therapy; [or]
(7) medications or nutritional supplements used to
address symptoms of autism spectrum disorder; or
(8) recreational therapy.
SECTION 2. Section 1355.015, Insurance Code, as amended by
this Act, applies only to a health benefit plan that is delivered,
issued for delivery, or renewed on or after January 1, 2016. A
health benefit plan delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed
before January 1, 2016, is governed by the law as it existed
immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that law is
continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.