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