model confidence 90%
Requires Medicaid and private health plans to cover abortion services without cost-sharing, prior authorization, utilization review or other restrictions, so more financial access to abortion.
the commission shall ensure that medical assistance reimbursement is provided for the provision of the following services to medical assistance recipients: (1) abortion services;
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model confidence 80%
Repeals multiple statutes that had prohibited or restricted coverage of elective abortion under Medicaid and health plans, removing those limits so greater access to abortion coverage.
The following provisions are repealed: (1) Section 32.005, Health and Safety Code; (2) Section 32.024(c-1), Human Resources Code; (3) Sections 1218.003, 1218.005, and 1218.006, Insurance Code; and (4) Subtitle M, Title 8, Insurance Code.
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Status: Died (session ended)
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill mandates Medicaid reimbursement and private health-plan coverage for abortion (and contraception/sterilization) with no cost-sharing, utilization review, prior authorization or other delays/restrictions; it also repeals prior statutes that had barred or limited such coverage for elective abortion. These changes expand financial and practical access to abortion under the abortion/funding-insurance topic. No other listed topics are substantively addressed.
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-07 | H | Referred to Insurance |
| 2025-03-07 | H | Read first time |
| 2024-11-12 | H | Filed |