Relating to required health benefit plan coverage for gender transition adverse effects and reversals.
89th Legislature Regular Session
A health benefit plan that provides coverage for an enrollee's gender transition procedure or treatment shall provide coverage for, including for any applicable diagnostic or billing code: (1) all possible adverse consequences related to the enrollee's gender transition procedure or treatment, including any short- or long-term side effects of the procedure or treatment; (2) any baseline and follow-up testing or screening necessary to monitor the mental and physical health of the enrollee on at least an annual basis without regard to the sex or gender identity designation in the enrollee's medical record; and (3) any procedure, treatment, or therapy necessary to manage, reverse, reconstruct from, or recover from the enrollee's gender transition procedure or treatment. (b) A health benefit plan that offers coverage for a gender transition procedure or treatment shall also provide the coverage [...] to any enrollee who has undergone a gender transition procedure or treatment regardless of whether the enrollee was enrolled in the plan at the time of the procedure or treatment.
This chapter applies to: (1) a small employer health benefit plan [...] (2) a standard health benefit plan [...] (3) a basic coverage plan [...] (5) a primary care coverage plan [...]
date | time | type | location | description |
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2025-03-26 | 08:00 | Hearing | Senate Chamber | Senate Health & Human Services Committee Hearing |
History
Date | Action |
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2025-05-13 | Signed in the Senate |
2025-05-13 | Signed in the House |
2025-05-13 | Sent to the Governor |
2025-05-12 | Read 3rd time |
2025-05-12 | Passed |
2025-05-12 | Record vote RV#2153 |
2025-05-12 | House passage reported |
2025-05-12 | Reported enrolled |
2025-05-10 | Committee report sent to Calendars |
2025-05-10 | Laid out in lieu of companion HB 778 |
2025-05-10 | Read 2nd time |
2025-05-10 | Amendment fails of adoption 1-V. Jones |
2025-05-10 | Record vote RV#2093 |
2025-05-10 | Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal |
2025-05-10 | Amendment fails of adoption 2-Collier |
2025-05-10 | Record vote RV#2094 |
2025-05-10 | Amendment fails of adoption 3-Hinojosa |
2025-05-10 | Record vote RV#2095 |
2025-05-10 | Amendment fails of adoption 4-Howard |
2025-05-10 | Record vote RV#2096 |
2025-05-10 | Amendment fails of adoption 5-J. González |
2025-05-10 | Record vote RV#2097 |
2025-05-10 | Point of order withdrawn Rule 8, Section 1(a)(1) |
2025-05-10 | Amendment fails of adoption 6-V. Jones |
2025-05-10 | Record vote RV#2098 |
2025-05-10 | Amendment withdrawn 7-Rosenthal |
2025-05-10 | Passed to 3rd reading |
2025-05-10 | Record vote RV#2099 |
2025-05-10 | Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal |
2025-05-09 | Considered in formal meeting |
2025-05-09 | Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) |
2025-05-09 | Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator |
2025-05-09 | Committee report distributed |
2025-04-28 | Read first time |
2025-04-28 | Referred to Insurance |
2025-04-25 | Received from the Senate |
2025-04-24 | Rules suspended-Regular order of business |
2025-04-24 | Record vote |
2025-04-24 | Read 3rd time |
2025-04-24 | Passed |
2025-04-24 | Record vote |
2025-04-24 | Reported engrossed |
2025-04-23 | Rules suspended-Regular order of business |
2025-04-23 | Record vote |
2025-04-23 | Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment |
2025-04-23 | Record vote |
2025-04-22 | Placed on intent calendar |
2025-04-09 | Co-author authorized |
2025-04-07 | Reported favorably as substituted |
2025-04-07 | Committee report printed and distributed |
2025-04-02 | Considered in public hearing |
2025-04-02 | Vote taken in committee |
2025-03-26 | Scheduled for public hearing on . . . |
2025-03-26 | Considered in public hearing |
2025-03-26 | Testimony taken in committee |
2025-03-26 | Left pending in committee |
2025-02-28 | Read first time |
2025-02-28 | Referred to Health & Human Services |
2025-02-13 | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
2025-02-13 | Filed |