87R18963 MWC-D
By: Thierry, Patterson, Romero, Jr. H.B. No. 2545
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to health benefit plan coverage of hearing aids and
cochlear implants for certain individuals.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1367.253(a), Insurance Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) A health benefit plan must provide coverage for the cost
of a medically necessary hearing aid or cochlear implant and
related services and supplies for a covered individual who is 25
[18] years of age or younger.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a health benefit plan delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed
on or after January 1, 2022. A health benefit plan 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.