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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a prior authorization requirement for certain |
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prescription eye drops and related medications. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 1369, Insurance Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 1369.006 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 1369.006. PRIOR AUTHORIZATION OF CERTAIN PRESCRIPTION |
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DRUGS PROHIBITED. A health benefit plan that covers prescription |
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eye drops or other topical medications used to treat a disease or |
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condition of the eye or adnexa may not require that an enrollee |
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receive prior authorization for the eye drops or other topical |
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medications. |
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SECTION 2. Section 1369.006, Insurance Code, as added by |
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this Act, applies only to a health benefit plan delivered, issued |
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for delivery, or renewed on or after January 1, 2018. A health |
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benefit plan delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed before |
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January 1, 2018, 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 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |