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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to insurance coverage for certain devices that facilitate |
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insulin therapy and enhance glucose control in the treatment of |
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diabetes. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subdivisions (1) and (2), Section 1358.051, |
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Insurance Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(1) "Diabetes equipment" means: |
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(A) blood glucose monitors, including |
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noninvasive glucose monitors and glucose monitors designed to be |
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used by blind individuals; |
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(B) insulin pumps and associated appurtenances; |
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(C) insulin infusion devices and devices that |
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facilitate insulin therapy and enhance glucose control; and |
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(D) podiatric appliances for the prevention of |
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complications associated with diabetes. |
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(2) "Diabetes supplies" means: |
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(A) test strips for blood glucose monitors; |
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(B) visual reading and urine test strips; |
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(C) lancets and lancet devices; |
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(D) insulin and insulin analogs; |
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(E) injection aids and devices that facilitate |
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insulin therapy and enhance glucose control; |
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(F) syringes; |
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(G) prescriptive and nonprescriptive oral agents |
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for controlling blood sugar levels; and |
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(H) glucagon emergency kits. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies only to an insurance policy that |
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is delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed on or after January 1, |
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2010. A policy delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed before |
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January 1, 2010, is governed by the law as it existed immediately |
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before the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in |
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effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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