Bill Text: TX HB165 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to health benefit plan coverage for certain equipment and supplies associated with diabetes treatment.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-14 - Referred to Insurance [HB165 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB165-Introduced.html

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85R1806 PMO-F
By: Raymond H.B. No. 165

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to health benefit plan coverage for certain equipment and
supplies associated with diabetes treatment.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 1358.051(1) and (2), Insurance Code,
are amended to read as follows:
(1) "Diabetes equipment" means:
(A) blood glucose monitors, including
noninvasive glucose monitors and glucose monitors designed to be
used by blind individuals;
(B) insulin pumps and associated supplies and
appurtenances, including insulin pumps that work in conjunction
with another medical device to provide automated or predictive
insulin infusion suspend or control functionality as part of a
system classified as an artificial pancreas device system by the
United States Food and Drug Administration;
(C) insulin infusion devices; [and]
(D) podiatric appliances for the prevention of
complications associated with diabetes; and
(E) continuous glucose monitoring devices that
continuously record glucose levels of individual users whether a
freestanding device or integrated into an insulin pump.
(2) "Diabetes supplies" means:
(A) test strips for blood glucose monitors;
(B) visual reading and urine test strips;
(C) lancets and lancet devices;
(D) insulin and insulin analogs;
(E) injection aids;
(F) syringes;
(G) prescriptive and nonprescriptive oral agents
for controlling blood sugar levels; [and]
(H) glucagon emergency kits; and
(I) supplies related to insulin pumps and
continuous glucose monitoring devices, including insulin infusion
sets, insulin reservoirs, glucose sensors, and glucose data
transmitters.
SECTION 2. This Act applies only to a health benefit plan
that is delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed on or after
September 1, 2017. A health benefit plan delivered, issued for
delivery, or renewed before September 1, 2017, 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, 2017.