86R13733 PMO-D
 
  By: Sheffield H.B. No. 4392
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to health benefit coverage for chemical dependency.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 1368.004(a), Insurance Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  A group health benefit plan shall provide coverage for
  the necessary care and treatment of chemical dependency, including
  outpatient rehabilitation.
         SECTION 2.  Chapter 1368, Insurance Code, is amended by
  adding Section 1368.009 to read as follows:
         Sec. 1368.009.  PROHIBITED CONSEQUENCE OF CLAIMS. An
  employer that provides group health benefit coverage subject to
  this chapter may not terminate an employee solely based on the
  employee filing a claim for the benefits.
         SECTION 3.  This Act applies only to a health benefit plan
  that is delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed on or after
  January 1, 2020.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.