85R5639 PMO-D     By: Thompson of Harris H.B. No. 1036       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to coverage for certain breast cancer screening procedures   under certain health benefit plans.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  The heading to Chapter 1356, Insurance Code, is   amended to read as follows:   CHAPTER 1356. [LOW-DOSE] MAMMOGRAPHY          SECTION 2.  Section 1356.001, Insurance Code, is amended to   read as follows:          Sec. 1356.001.  DEFINITIONS [DEFINITION]. In this chapter:                (1)  "Breast tomosynthesis" means a radiologic   procedure that involves the acquisition of projection images over a   stationary breast to produce cross-sectional digital   three-dimensional images of the breast.                (2)  "Low-dose[, "low-dose] mammography" means the   x-ray examination of the breast using equipment dedicated   specifically for mammography, including an x-ray tube, filter,   compression device, and screens, [films, and cassettes,] with an   average radiation exposure delivery of less than one rad   mid-breast, with two views for each breast, digital mammography, or   breast tomosynthesis.          SECTION 3.  Section 1356.005(a), Insurance Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (a)  A health benefit plan that provides coverage to a female   who is 35 years of age or older must include coverage for an annual   screening by all forms of low-dose mammography for the presence of   occult breast cancer.          SECTION 4.  Sections 1356.001 and 1356.005, Insurance Code,   as amended by this Act, apply only to a health benefit plan that is   delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed on or after January 1,   2018. A plan delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed before   January 1, 2018, is governed by the law as it existed immediately   before the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in   effect for that purpose.          SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.