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| 1 | 1 | 85R10717 SMT-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Buckingham S.B. No. 1458 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to a prior authorization requirement for certain | |
| 8 | 8 | prescription eye drops and related medications. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 1369, Insurance Code, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended by adding Section 1369.006 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 1369.006. PRIOR AUTHORIZATION OF CERTAIN PRESCRIPTION | |
| 13 | 13 | DRUGS PROHIBITED. A health benefit plan that covers prescription | |
| 14 | 14 | eye drops or other topical medications used to treat a disease or | |
| 15 | 15 | condition of the eye or adnexa may not require that an enrollee | |
| 16 | 16 | receive prior authorization for the eye drops or other topical | |
| 17 | 17 | medications. | |
| 18 | 18 | SECTION 2. Section 1369.006, Insurance Code, as added by | |
| 19 | 19 | this Act, applies only to a health benefit plan delivered, issued | |
| 20 | 20 | for delivery, or renewed on or after January 1, 2018. A health | |
| 21 | 21 | benefit plan delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed before | |
| 22 | 22 | January 1, 2018, is governed by the law as it existed immediately | |
| 23 | 23 | before the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in | |
| 24 | 24 | effect for that purpose. | |
| 25 | 25 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |