By: Hinojosa, Blanco S.B. No. 842
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to health benefit coverage for bariatric surgery under the
state employees group benefits program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1551.225(a), Insurance Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) The board of trustees shall develop a cost-neutral or
cost-positive plan for providing under the group benefits program
bariatric surgery coverage for:
(1) employees eligible to participate in the program
under Section 1551.101;
(2) annuitants eligible to participate in the program
under Section 1551.102; and
(3) former state employees eligible to participate in
the program under Section 1551.108.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a plan year that commences on or after January 1, 2024.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.