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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to benefit plan coverage for autism spectrum disorder. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 1355.015(e), Insurance Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(e) This section applies to a group health benefit plan |
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described by Section 1355.002 and, notwithstanding Section |
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1355.002(a) or [Notwithstanding] any other law, this section also |
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applies [does not apply] to: |
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(1) an individual health benefit plan that provides |
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benefits for medical or surgical expenses incurred as a result of a |
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health condition, accident, or sickness, including an insurance |
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policy, agreement, contract, or evidence of coverage offered by an |
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entity described by Sections 1355.002(a)(1)(A)-(E); |
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(2) a small employer health benefit plan subject to |
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Chapter 1501; |
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(3) an employee welfare benefit plan that provides |
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health benefits and that is established in accordance with the |
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Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. Section |
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1001, et seq.), including a self-insured or self-funded employee |
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welfare benefit plan; and |
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(4) a standard health benefit plan provided under |
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Chapter 1507. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an insurance policy, agreement, contract, evidence of coverage, |
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or other plan document delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed |
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on or after January 1, 2014. An insurance policy, agreement, |
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contract, evidence of coverage, or other plan document delivered, |
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issued for delivery, or renewed before January 1, 2014, is governed |
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by the law in effect immediately before the effective date of this |
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Act, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |