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| 1 | 1 | By: Howard H.B. No. 2023 | |
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| 6 | 6 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 7 | 7 | AN ACT | |
| 8 | 8 | relating to the coverage of emergency contraceptive drugs by health | |
| 9 | 9 | benefit plans. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 1369, Insurance Code, is | |
| 12 | 12 | amended by adding Section 1369.1035 to read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | Sec. 1369.1035. EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTIVE COVERAGE REQUIRED. | |
| 14 | 14 | (a) In this section, "emergency contraceptive" means a drug | |
| 15 | 15 | containing an elevated dose of hormones that: | |
| 16 | 16 | (1) is used postcoitally; | |
| 17 | 17 | (2) prevents pregnancy by preventing fertilization of | |
| 18 | 18 | an egg or preventing implantation of a fertilized egg in a uterus; | |
| 19 | 19 | and | |
| 20 | 20 | (3) is approved by the United States Food and Drug | |
| 21 | 21 | Administration. | |
| 22 | 22 | (b) A health benefit plan that provides coverage for | |
| 23 | 23 | prescription contraceptive drugs must provide coverage for | |
| 24 | 24 | emergency contraceptive drugs at least once per year without a | |
| 25 | 25 | prescription for each enrollee. | |
| 26 | 26 | SECTION 2. Section 1369.1035, Insurance Code, as added by | |
| 27 | 27 | this Act, applies only to a health benefit plan that is delivered, | |
| 28 | 28 | issued for delivery, or renewed on or after January 1, 2026. | |
| 29 | 29 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |