| 1 | 1 | | 85R260 LED-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: RodrÃguez S.B. No. 163 |
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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 covered benefits under the child health plan. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Section 62.151, Health and Safety Code, is |
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| 10 | 10 | | amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsections (g) and |
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| 11 | 11 | | (h) to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (c) In modifying the plan, the executive commissioner, |
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| 13 | 13 | | except as provided by Subsection (g), shall ensure that primary and |
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| 14 | 14 | | preventive health benefits do not include reproductive services, |
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| 15 | 15 | | other than prenatal care and care related to diseases, illnesses, |
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| 16 | 16 | | or abnormalities related to the reproductive system. |
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| 17 | 17 | | (g) Subject to Subsection (h), the child health plan must |
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| 18 | 18 | | provide as covered benefits prescription contraceptive drugs or |
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| 19 | 19 | | devices approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration. |
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| 20 | 20 | | This subsection does not require coverage of abortifacients or any |
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| 21 | 21 | | other drug or device that terminates a pregnancy. |
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| 22 | 22 | | (h) The child health plan may provide as covered benefits |
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| 23 | 23 | | prescription contraceptive drugs or devices for an enrolled child |
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| 24 | 24 | | younger than 18 years of age for the purpose of primary and |
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| 25 | 25 | | preventive reproductive health care only if the prescribing health |
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| 26 | 26 | | care provider receives written consent for the prescription from |
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| 27 | 27 | | the enrolled child's parent, guardian, or managing conservator. |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 2. If before implementing any provision of this Act |
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| 29 | 29 | | a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a |
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| 30 | 30 | | federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, |
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| 31 | 31 | | the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or |
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| 32 | 32 | | authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the |
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| 33 | 33 | | waiver or authorization is granted. |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 35 | 35 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 36 | 36 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 37 | 37 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 38 | 38 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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