Bill > SB2768

This bill, titled the Health Freedom for Texans Act, aims to expand reproductive healthcare access and rights in Texas by making several significant changes across multiple areas of state law. The bill eliminates many existing restrictions on reproductive healthcare, including abortion and contraception services, and increases access for minors and individuals seeking medical care. Key provisions include allowing minors to consent to contraception-related medical treatments, expanding medical assistance reimbursement for reproductive health services like abortion and contraception, requiring health benefit plans to cover reproductive health services without additional costs or restrictions, and creating a state website with information on reproductive rights. The bill also removes numerous existing legal restrictions on abortion, repeals several previous laws that limited reproductive healthcare, and expands medical assistance eligibility. Notably, the legislation defines abortion more broadly, ensures coverage for contraception and sterilization services, and removes prior authorization requirements and cost-sharing for reproductive healthcare services. The bill represents a comprehensive effort to protect and expand reproductive healthcare access in Texas, with an effective date of September 1, 2025.

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