Bill > S1752

Introduced Session

This bill amends P.L.2005, c.251, the statute requiring health insurance carriers and the State health benefits programs to cover prescription female contraceptives, by also requiring coverage for male sterilization procedures and by prohibiting insurers from imposing a deductible, coinsurance, copayment, or any other cost-sharing requirement on these coverages. Currently, federal law requires coverage for female contraceptives to be provided without cost sharing in certain circumstances. This bill would expand State law to also require coverage for female contraceptives and male sterilization procedures to be provided without cost sharing. The bill also specifies that, in the case of a high deductible health plan, the limitation on cost-sharing shall not be applied until the expenditures applicable to the deductible under federal law have been met. Once the foregoing expenditure amount has been met under the plan, coverage for prescription female contraceptives and male sterilization procedures benefits is to be provided without cost-sharing.

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Shirley Turner (D)*, 

Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Commerce Committee (on 02/13/2020)