TO: | Honorable Robert Duncan, Chair, Senate Committee on State Affairs |
FROM: | Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | SB1484 by Watson (Relating to health benefit plan coverage for enrollees diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted |
The bill would amend the Insurance Code relating to health benefit plan coverage for enrollees diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. The bill would require a health benefit plan to provide coverage to an enrollee who is diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder from the date of diagnosis, and would remove the 10 year age limit for coverage that exists under current law.
Based on information provided by the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI), it is assumed that any costs associated with the implementation of this bill would be absorbed within existing staff and resources. Also, based on information provided by TDI, this analysis assumes that implementation of the bill would result in an increase in Health Maintenance Organizations and health insurers filing riders or amendments to policies, certificates, and evidences of coverage and a one-time revenue gain ($34,750 in fiscal year 2014) in General Revenue-Dedicated Texas Department of Insurance Fund 36 from filing fees. Since General Revenue-Dedicated Texas Department of Insurance Fund 36 is a self-leveling account, this analysis also assumes that any additional revenue resulting from the implementation of the bill would accumulate in account fund balances and that the department would adjust the assessment of the maintenance tax or other fees accordingly in the following year.
Source Agencies: | 323 Teacher Retirement System, 454 Department of Insurance
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LBB Staff: | UP, AG, ER, JW, SD, LXH, JSc
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