By:  McClendon                                                    H.B. No. 88 



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to coverage by state employee insurance programs of 
pharmaceutical prescriptions to assist in stopping smoking.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 1551.205, Insurance Code is amended to 
read as follows:  
	Sec. 1551.205.  LIMITATIONS.  The board of trustees may not 
contract for or provide a coverage plan that:
		(1)  excludes or limits coverage or services for 
acquired immune deficiency syndrome, as defined by the Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention of the United States Public Health 
Service, or human immunodeficiency virus infection; [or]
		(2)  provides coverage for serious mental illness that 
is less extensive than the coverage provided for any physical 
illness; or
		(3)  does not provide for coverage of pharmaceutical 
prescriptions to assist in stopping smoking.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.