SB1688 - Relating to health benefit plan coverage of anxiety and pain management in connection with prescription contraceptive devices.

  89R7809 DNC-D     By: Menéndez S.B. No. 1688       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   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   contraception, including:                 (1)  prescription antianxiety medication;                 (2)  minimal and moderate sedation;                 (3)  local anesthesia;                 (4)  topical anesthetics; and                 (5)  paracervical blocks.           (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.