87R8732 MWC-D
By: Johnson of Dallas, Guillen H.B. No. 2250
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to health benefit plan coverage for colon cancer screening
for certain individuals.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1363.003(a), Insurance Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) A health benefit plan that provides coverage for
screening medical procedures must provide [to each individual
enrolled in the plan who is 50 years of age or older and at normal
risk for developing colon cancer] coverage for expenses incurred in
conducting a medically recognized screening examination for the
detection of colorectal cancer to each individual enrolled in the
plan who is 45 years of age or older.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a health benefit plan that is delivered, issued for delivery, or
renewed on or after January 1, 2022. A health benefit plan that is
delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed before January 1, 2022,
is governed by the law as it existed immediately before the
effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for
that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.