Enrolled Bill Summary

Enrolled Bill Summary

Legislative Session: 88(R)

House Bill 1649	House Author: Button et al.
Effective: 9-1-23	Senate Sponsor: Parker

House Bill 1649 amends the Health and Safety Code to require a health care facility at which a child will begin receiving chemotherapy or radiation that may cause impaired fertility to notify the child's parents or legal guardians of that risk before the treatment begins. Additionally, the bill amends the Insurance Code to require certain health benefit plans to provide coverage for fertility preservation services to a covered person who will receive a medically necessary treatment for cancer that the American Society of Clinical Oncology or the American Society for Reproductive Medicine has established may cause impaired fertility. Among other provisions, the bill requires those fertility preservation services to be standard procedures to preserve fertility consistent with established medical practices or professional guidelines published by either such entity.