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| 1 | 1 | 86R13732 PMO-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Sheffield H.B. No. 4393 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to health benefit coverage for chemical dependency. | |
| 8 | 8 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 9 | 9 | SECTION 1. Section 1368.004, Insurance Code, is amended by | |
| 10 | 10 | adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | |
| 11 | 11 | (c) A group health benefit plan shall provide coverage for | |
| 12 | 12 | an inpatient rehabilitation program for not less than 90 days to | |
| 13 | 13 | provide the necessary care and treatment of chemical dependency. | |
| 14 | 14 | SECTION 2. Section 1368.005(b), Insurance Code, is amended | |
| 15 | 15 | to read as follows: | |
| 16 | 16 | (b) A group health benefit plan may set dollar or, subject | |
| 17 | 17 | to Section 1368.004(c), durational limits for coverage required | |
| 18 | 18 | under this chapter that are less favorable than for coverage | |
| 19 | 19 | provided for physical illness generally under the plan if those | |
| 20 | 20 | limits are sufficient to provide appropriate care and treatment | |
| 21 | 21 | under the guidelines and standards adopted under Section 1368.007. | |
| 22 | 22 | If guidelines and standards adopted under Section 1368.007 are not | |
| 23 | 23 | in effect, the dollar and durational limits may not be less | |
| 24 | 24 | favorable than for physical illness generally. | |
| 25 | 25 | SECTION 3. This Act applies only to a health benefit plan | |
| 26 | 26 | that is delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed on or after | |
| 27 | 27 | January 1, 2020. | |
| 28 | 28 | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |