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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to coverage of certain eating disorders as serious mental |
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illnesses under certain group health benefit plans. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 1355.001(1), Insurance Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(1) "Serious mental illness" means the following |
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psychiatric illnesses as defined by the American Psychiatric |
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Association in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental |
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Disorders (DSM): |
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(A) bipolar disorders (hypomanic, manic, |
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depressive, and mixed); |
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(B) depression in childhood and adolescence; |
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(C) major depressive disorders (single episode |
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or recurrent); |
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(D) obsessive-compulsive disorders; |
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(E) paranoid and other psychotic disorders; |
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(F) schizo-affective disorders (bipolar or |
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depressive); [and] |
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(G) schizophrenia; and |
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(H) anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and |
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eating disorders not otherwise specified. |
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SECTION 2. (a) On or before September 1, 2016, the Sunset |
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Advisory Commission shall conduct a study to determine: |
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(1) to what extent the health benefit plan coverage |
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required by the change in law made by this Act to Section |
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1355.001(1), Insurance Code, is being used by enrollees in health |
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benefit plans to which Subchapter A, Chapter 1355, Insurance Code, |
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applies; and |
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(2) the impact of the required coverage on the cost of |
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those health benefit plans. |
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(b) The Sunset Advisory Commission shall report its |
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findings under this section to the legislature on or before January |
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1, 2017. |
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(c) The Texas Department of Insurance and any other state |
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agency shall cooperate with the Sunset Advisory Commission as |
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necessary to implement this section. |
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SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a group health benefit plan that is delivered, issued for |
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delivery, or renewed on or after January 1, 2014. A group health |
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benefit plan that is delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed |
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before January 1, 2014, is governed by the law as it existed |
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immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that law is |
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continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |