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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to health benefit plan coverage for ovarian cancer testing |
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and screening. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 1370.003(b), Insurance Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) Coverage required under this section includes at a |
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minimum: |
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(1) a CA 125 blood test; [and] |
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(2) a conventional Pap smear screening or a screening |
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using liquid-based cytology methods, as approved by the United |
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States Food and Drug Administration, alone or in combination with a |
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test approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for |
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the detection of the human papillomavirus; and |
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(3) any other test or screening approved by the United |
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States Food and Drug Administration for the detection of ovarian |
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cancer. |
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SECTION 2. Section 1370.003, Insurance Code, as amended 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. |