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1		-	S.B. No. 1065
	1	+	87R24737 MEW-D
	2	+	By: Alvarado, et al. S.B. No. 1065
	3	+	(Bernal)
	4	+	Substitute the following for S.B. No. 1065: No.
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	7	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	8		AN ACT
5	9		relating to coverage for diagnostic imaging for breast cancer under
6	10		certain health benefit plans.
7	11		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	12		SECTION 1. The heading to Chapter 1356, Insurance Code, is
9	13		amended to read as follows:
10	14		CHAPTER 1356. MAMMOGRAPHY AND OTHER BREAST IMAGING
11	15		SECTION 2. Section 1356.001(1-a), Insurance Code, is
12	16		amended to read as follows:
13	17		(1-a) "Diagnostic imaging [mammogram]" means an
14	18		imaging examination using mammography, ultrasound imaging, or
15	19		magnetic resonance imaging that is designed to evaluate:
16	20		(A) a subjective or objective abnormality
17	21		detected by a physician or patient in a breast;
18	22		(B) an abnormality seen by a physician on a
19	23		screening mammogram;
20	24		(C) an abnormality previously identified by a
21	25		physician as probably benign in a breast for which follow-up
22	26		imaging is recommended by a physician; or
23	27		(D) an individual with a personal history of
24	28		breast cancer or dense breast tissue.
25	29		SECTION 3. Section 1356.005(a-1), Insurance Code, is
26	30		amended to read as follows:
27	31		(a-1) A health benefit plan that provides coverage for a
28	32		screening mammogram must provide coverage for [a] diagnostic
29	33		imaging [mammogram] that is no less favorable than the coverage for
30	34		a screening mammogram.
31	35		SECTION 4. If before implementing any provision of this Act
32	36		a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a
33	37		federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision,
34	38		the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or
35	39		authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the
36	40		waiver or authorization is granted.
37	41		SECTION 5. The change in law made by this Act applies only
38	42		to a health benefit plan that is delivered, issued for delivery, or
39	43		renewed on or after January 1, 2022. A health benefit plan that is
40	44		delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed before January 1, 2022,
41	45		is governed by the law as it existed immediately before the
42	46		effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for
43	47		that purpose.
44	48		SECTION 6. The Texas Department of Insurance, the Employees
45	49		Retirement System of Texas, the Teacher Retirement System of Texas,
46	50		The University of Texas System, The Texas A&M University System,
47	51		and any other state agency or institution subject to this Act are
48	52		required to implement a provision of this Act only if the
49	53		legislature appropriates money specifically for that purpose. If
50	54		the legislature does not appropriate money specifically for that
51	55		purpose, those agencies may, but are not required to, implement a
52	56		provision of this Act using other appropriations available for that
53	57		purpose.
54	58		SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
55		-	______________________________ ______________________________
56		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
57		-	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1065 passed the Senate on
58		-	April 29, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1; and that
59		-	the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 29, 2021, by the
60		-	following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1.
61		-	______________________________
62		-	Secretary of the Senate
63		-	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1065 passed the House, with
64		-	amendment, on May 26, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 118,
65		-	Nays 29, two present not voting.
66		-	______________________________
67		-	Chief Clerk of the House
68		-	Approved:
69		-	______________________________
70		-	Date
71		-	______________________________
72		-	Governor