Bill

HB 1586

87(R) - 2021
House Insurance
House Insurance

Contact the Author

Eddie Lucio III

Phone:

512-463-0606

Capitol Office:

Room GN.8

Email:

Vote Recommendation

No
  • Negative
  • Neutral
  • Neutral
  • Negative
  • Neutral

Author(s)

Eddie Lucio III
Will Metcalf
Tom Oliverson

Bill Caption

Relating to health benefit plan coverage of clinician-administered drugs.

Fiscal Notes

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. 

Bill Analysis

HB 1586 would prohibit a health benefit plan issuer from requiring that, for a patient with a cancer or cancer-related diagnosis, a clinician-administered drug to be dispensed by a pharmacy or require that a clinician-administered drug or the administration of a clinician-administered drug be covered as a pharmacy benefit rather than a medical benefit. 

Vote Recommendation Notes

Texas Action opposes HB 1586 which is out of alignment with our free market and limited government principles. The method of providing these insurance benefits should not be mandated by the state. 

Contact the Author

Eddie Lucio III

Phone:

512-463-0606

Capitol Office:

Room GN.8

Email: