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Amend SB 200 (house committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to ARTICLE 2 of the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of that article accordingly:
SECTION 2.____. Section 62.151, Health and Safety Code, is amended by amending Subsection (c), as amended by SB 219, Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, and adding Subsections (g) and (h) to read as follows:
(c) In modifying the plan, the executive commissioner, except as provided by Subsection (g), shall ensure that primary and preventive health benefits do not include reproductive services, other than prenatal care and care related to diseases, illnesses, or abnormalities related to the reproductive system.
(g) Subject to Subsection (h), the child health plan must provide as covered benefits prescription contraceptive drugs or devices approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration. This subsection does not require coverage of abortifacients or any other drug or device that terminates a pregnancy.
(h) The child health plan may provide as covered benefits prescription contraceptive drugs or devices for an enrolled child for the purpose of primary and preventive reproductive health care only if the prescribing health care provider receives written consent for the prescription from the enrolled child's parent, guardian, or managing conservator.