TITLE: Relating to health benefit coverage for bariatric surgery under the state employees group benefits program.

SUMMARY: Relating to health benefit coverage for bariatric surgery under the state employees group benefits program.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to health benefit coverage for bariatric surgery under the state employees group benefits program. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 1551.225(a), Insurance Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) The board of trustees shall develop a cost-neutral or cost-positive plan for providing under the group benefits program bariatric surgery coverage for:(1) employees eligible to participate in the program under Section 1551.101;(2) annuitants eligible to participate in the program under Section 1551.102; and (3) former state employees eligible to participate in the program under Section 1551.108.SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only to a plan year that commences on or after January 1, 2024. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.