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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to health benefit plan coverage for ovarian cancer |
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screening. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Chapter 1370, Insurance Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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CHAPTER 1370. CERTAIN TESTS FOR DETECTION OF HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS, |
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OVARIAN CANCER, AND CERVICAL CANCER |
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SECTION 2. Sections 1370.003(a) and (b), Insurance Code, |
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are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A health benefit plan that provides coverage for |
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diagnostic medical procedures must provide to each woman 18 years |
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of age or older enrolled in the plan coverage for expenses for an |
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annual medically recognized diagnostic examination for the early |
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detection of ovarian cancer and cervical cancer. |
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(b) Coverage required under this section includes at a |
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minimum: |
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(1) a CA 125 blood test; and |
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(2) a conventional Pap smear screening or a screening |
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using liquid-based cytology methods, as approved by the United |
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States Food and Drug Administration, alone or in combination with a |
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test approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for |
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the detection of the human papillomavirus. |
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SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a health benefit plan that is delivered, issued for delivery, or |
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renewed on or after the effective date of this Act. A plan that is |
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delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed before the effective |
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date of this Act 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 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |