87R9015 MWC-D
 
  By: Thierry H.B. No. 2545
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to health benefit plan coverage of hearing aids and
  cochlear implants for certain individuals.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 1367.253(a), Insurance Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  A health benefit plan must provide coverage for the cost
  of a medically necessary hearing aid or cochlear implant and
  related services and supplies for a covered individual who is 21
  [18] years of age or younger.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to a health benefit plan delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed
  on or after January 1, 2022. A health benefit plan delivered,
  issued for delivery, or renewed before January 1, 2022, is governed
  by the law as it existed immediately before the effective date of
  this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.