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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to health benefit plan coverage for ovarian cancer testing |
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| 8 | 8 | | and screening. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 1370.003(b), Insurance Code, is amended |
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| 11 | 11 | | to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (b) Coverage required under this section includes at a |
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| 13 | 13 | | minimum: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (1) a CA 125 blood test; [and] |
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| 15 | 15 | | (2) a conventional Pap smear screening or a screening |
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| 16 | 16 | | using liquid-based cytology methods, as approved by the United |
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| 17 | 17 | | States Food and Drug Administration, alone or in combination with a |
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| 18 | 18 | | test approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for |
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| 19 | 19 | | the detection of the human papillomavirus; and |
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| 20 | 20 | | (3) any other test or screening approved by the United |
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| 21 | 21 | | States Food and Drug Administration for the detection of ovarian |
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| 22 | 22 | | cancer. |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 2. Section 1370.003, Insurance Code, as amended by |
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| 24 | 24 | | this Act, applies only to a health benefit plan delivered, issued |
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| 25 | 25 | | for delivery, or renewed on or after January 1, 2018. A health |
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| 26 | 26 | | benefit plan delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed before |
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| 27 | 27 | | January 1, 2018, is governed by the law as it existed immediately |
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| 28 | 28 | | before the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in |
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| 29 | 29 | | effect for that purpose. |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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