Amend SB 8 (senate committee report) as follows:
(1) In SECTION 2 of the bill, in the heading to added Chapter 1218, Insurance Code (page 1, line 54), between "ABORTION" and the semi-colon, insert "AND CONTRACEPTION".
(2) In SECTION 2 of the bill, in added Section 1218.004, Insurance Code (page 2, line 40), between "PLAN." And "A health", insert "(a)".
(3) In SECTION 2 of the bill, in added Section 1218.004, Insurance Code (page 2, between lines 51 and 52), insert the following:
(b) A health benefit plan that provides coverage for elective abortion under Subsection (a) may include contraceptive coverage, including coverage for:
(1) vasectomies;
(2) tubal ligation procedures;
(3) hysterectomies;
(4) birth control devices for men or women; and
(5) emergency contraception.
(4) In SECTION 2 of the bill, in added Section 1218.005, Insurance Code (page 2, line 52), between "PREMIUM" and the period, insert "FOR ELECTIVE ABORTION COVERAGE".
(5) In SECTION 2 of the bill, in added Chapter 1218, Insurance Code (page 2, between lines 65 and 66), insert the following:
Sec. 1218.0051. CALCULATION OF PREMIUM FOR CONTRACEPTIVE COVERAGE. (a) In calculating a premium for contraceptive coverage provided under Section 1218.004(b), a health benefit plan issuer may take into account any cost savings in other health benefit plan coverage offered by the health benefit plan issuer that is estimated to result from the contraceptive coverage.
(b) A health benefit plan issuer that provides contraceptive coverage under Section 1218.004(b) may provide a premium discount to or reduce the premium for an enrollee for other health benefit plan coverage on the basis that the enrollee has contraceptive coverage.