Bill > B26-0159

Introduced Session

AN ACT IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA To amend the Prohibition of Discrimination in the Provision of Insurance Act of 1986 to prohibit health benefit plans and health insurers from factoring the use of HIV prevention treatment in decisions related to the issuance of disability, life, or long-term care insurance policies, imposing cost sharing, prior authorization, or medically unnecessary restrictions on HIV prevention services, PEP, or any formulation of PrEP, and using prescription information for HIV prevention treatment for medical underwriting for individual patients; and to amend the Department of Health Functions Clarification Act of 2001 to establish a non-lapsing DC Health and Wellness Center Fund to collect revenue from insurance and out-of-pocket costs paid for services provided by the DC Health and Wellness Center and affiliated clinics, and to require the funds be spent solely on the operations of the DC Health and Wellness Center and affiliated clinics.

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Charles Allen (D)*,  Anita Bonds (D)*,  Wendell Felder (D)*,  Janeese George (D)*,  Christina Henderson (I)*,  Brianne Nadeau (D)*,  Zachary Parker (D)*,  Brooke Pinto (D)*,  Robert White (D)*, 

Act A26-0277 Published in DC Register Vol 73 and Page 005066 (on 03/27/2026)

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