SB 1688

relating to health benefit plan coverage of anxiety and pain
management in connection with prescription contraceptive devices.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1.  Section 1369.1031, Insurance Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (e) and (f) to read as follows:
(e)  A health benefit plan that provides benefits for forms
of contraception approved by the United States Food and Drug
Administration must provide coverage of evidence-based anxiety and
pain management related to the insertion and removal of
(1)  prescription antianxiety medication;
(2)  minimal and moderate sedation;
(f)  The coverage described by Subsection (e) is not subject
to a cost-sharing requirement, including a deductible or
coinsurance, utilization review, or step therapy, or any other
restriction or delay on coverage.
SECTION 2.  The change in law made 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.