89R15431 SCR-D
By: Menéndez S.B. No. 1678
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to health benefit plan coverage for certain treatments
prescribed for autism spectrum disorder.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1355.015(c), Insurance Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(c) For purposes of Subsection (b), "generally recognized
services" may include services such as:
(1) evaluation and assessment services;
(2) applied behavior analysis;
(3) behavior training and behavior management;
(4) speech therapy;
(5) occupational therapy;
(6) physical therapy; [or]
(7) developmental relationship-based intervention; or
(8) medications or nutritional supplements used to
address symptoms of autism spectrum disorder.
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
a health benefit plan delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed on
or after January 1, 2026. A health benefit plan delivered, issued
for delivery, or renewed before January 1, 2026, 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, 2025.