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Read. Follow. Verify.Texas HB 1883 requires state employee health plan to cover doctor-recommended medically necessary care starting in 2026
Last action · March 14, 2025: Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial ServicesSponsor: Lauren Simmons
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What This Bill Proposed
Texas House Bill 1883 requires the administering the state employees to develop a plan providing coverage for any health care or treatment deemed medically necessary by a participant's treating physician or health care provider. The new coverage requirement applies to plan years starting on or after January 1, 2026, with the act taking effect September 1, 2025.
State employees and retirees enrolled in the gain a legal guarantee that doctor-prescribed treatments deemed medically necessary must be covered by their health plan.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
state employees
board of trustees
The board is required to develop a coverage plan and is authorized to adopt rules to implement the medical necessity provisions.
Key Facts
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
3 actions- Mar 14, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services
- Mar 14, 2025HouseIntroducedRead first time
- Jan 16, 2025HouseIntroducedFiled
Version history
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 65)
- Controversy25Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz20Current news / social attention level
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