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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to coverage for certain breast cancer screening procedures |
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under certain health benefit plans. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Chapter 1356, Insurance Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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CHAPTER 1356. [LOW-DOSE] MAMMOGRAPHY |
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SECTION 2. Section 1356.001, Insurance Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 1356.001. DEFINITIONS [DEFINITION]. In this chapter: |
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(1) "Breast tomosynthesis" means a radiologic |
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procedure that involves the acquisition of projection images over a |
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stationary breast to produce cross-sectional digital |
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three-dimensional images of the breast. |
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(2) "Low-dose[, "low-dose] mammography" means the |
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x-ray examination of the breast using equipment dedicated |
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specifically for mammography, including an x-ray tube, filter, |
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compression device, and screens, [films, and cassettes,] with an |
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average radiation exposure delivery of less than one rad |
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mid-breast, with two views for each breast, digital mammography, or |
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breast tomosynthesis. |
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SECTION 3. Section 1356.005(a), Insurance Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) A health benefit plan that provides coverage to a female |
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who is 35 years of age or older must include coverage for an annual |
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screening by all forms of low-dose mammography for the presence of |
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occult breast cancer. |
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SECTION 4. Sections 1356.001 and 1356.005, Insurance Code, |
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as amended by this Act, apply only to a health benefit plan that is |
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delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed on or after January 1, |
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2018. A 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 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |