HB 2023

AN ACT relating to the coverage of emergency contraceptive drugs by health

House Bill • Howard | Ordaz

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89th Regular Session

Jan 14, 2025 - Jun 2, 2025 • Session ended

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What This Bill Does

Requires health benefit plans that cover prescription contraceptives to also provide coverage for emergency contraceptive drugs, allowing enrollees to receive these medications at least once per year without a prescription. The coverage applies to FDA-approved emergency contraceptives that prevent pregnancy by preventing fertilization or implantation of a fertilized egg. The law will take effect for health plans delivered, issued, or renewed on or after January 1, 2026, impacting health insurance providers and individuals seeking emergency contraception.

Subject Areas

MEDICINE & PRESCRIPTION DRUGS FAMILY PLANNING & BIRTH CONTROL Insurance--Health & Accident

Bill Text

relating to the coverage of emergency contraceptive drugs by health
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 1369, Insurance Code, is
amended by adding Section 1369.1035 to read as follows:
Sec. 1369.1035.  EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTIVE COVERAGE REQUIRED.
(a)  In this section, "emergency contraceptive" means a drug
containing an elevated dose of hormones that:
(2)  prevents pregnancy by preventing fertilization of
an egg or preventing implantation of a fertilized egg in a uterus;
(3)  is approved by the United States Food and Drug
(b)  A health benefit plan that provides coverage for
prescription contraceptive drugs must provide coverage for
emergency contraceptive drugs at least once per year without a
prescription for each enrollee.
SECTION 2.  Section 1369.1035, Insurance Code, as added by
this Act, applies only to a health benefit plan that is delivered,
issued for delivery, or renewed on or after January 1, 2026.
SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.