Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas House Bill HB800 Compare Versions

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1		-	By: Howard, Davis of Harris, Collier, H.B. No. 800
2		-	Sheffield, et al.
	1	+	86R15291 LED-D
	2	+	By: Howard, Davis of Harris, et al. H.B. No. 800
	3	+	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 800:
	4	+	By: Thompson of Harris C.S.H.B. No. 800
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5	7		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	8		AN ACT
7	9		relating to covered benefits under the child health plan.
8	10		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	11		SECTION 1. Section 62.151, Health and Safety Code, is
10	12		amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsections (g) and
11	13		(h) to read as follows:
12	14		(c) In modifying the plan, the executive commissioner,
13	15		except as provided by Subsection (g), shall ensure that primary and
14	16		preventive health benefits do not include reproductive services,
15	17		other than prenatal care and care related to diseases, illnesses,
16	18		or abnormalities related to the reproductive system.
17	19		(g) Subject to Subsection (h), the child health plan must
18		-	provide as covered benefits prescription contraceptive drugs,
19		-	supplies, or devices approved by the United States Food and Drug
20		-	Administration. The child health plan may not provide coverage for
21		-	abortifacients or any other drug or device that terminates a
22		-	pregnancy.
	20	+	provide as covered benefits prescription contraceptive drugs or
	21	+	devices approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration.
	22	+	This subsection does not require coverage of abortifacients or any
	23	+	other drug or device that terminates a pregnancy.
23	24		(h) The child health plan may provide as covered benefits
24		-	prescription contraceptive drugs, supplies, or devices for an
25		-	enrolled child younger than 18 years of age for the purpose of
26		-	primary and preventive reproductive health care only if the
27		-	prescribing or dispensing health care provider receives written
28		-	consent from the enrolled child's parent, guardian, or managing
29		-	conservator, or from the enrolled child if authorized under Section
30		-	32.003, Family Code, for the prescription or dispensing of the
31		-	contraceptive drug, supply, or device.
	25	+	prescription contraceptive drugs or devices for an enrolled child
	26	+	younger than 18 years of age for the purpose of primary and
	27	+	preventive reproductive health care only if the prescribing health
	28	+	care provider receives written consent for the prescription from
	29	+	the enrolled child's parent, guardian, or managing conservator or
	30	+	from a person as authorized by Chapter 32, Family Code.
32	31		SECTION 2. If before implementing any provision of this Act
33	32		a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a
34	33		federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision,
35	34		the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or
36	35		authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the
37	36		waiver or authorization is granted.
38	37		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
39	38		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
40	39		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
41	40		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
42	41		Act takes effect September 1, 2019.