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This bill requires certain health insurance policies to expand coverage for contraceptive services by mandating reimbursement for pharmacists who dispense self-administered hormonal contraceptives and provide related services, placing them on equal footing with other healthcare providers. The legislation modifies existing insurance law to ensure that health insurance policies cover FDA-approved contraceptive drugs, devices, and over-the-counter products without cost-sharing, and allows for up to a 12-month supply to be dispensed at one time. The bill also introduces more flexible language around healthcare provider determinations, replacing gendered terms like "his or her" with the gender-neutral "their" and establishes a process for requesting coverage of non-covered contraceptive methods. Specifically, the bill applies to individual, group, and blanket health insurance policies, ensuring that pharmacists can be directly reimbursed for dispensing hormonal contraceptives and related services under section sixty-eight hundred one of the education law, which likely pertains to pharmacists' expanded clinical responsibilities. The changes aim to improve access to contraceptive services by removing potential barriers and expanding the range of healthcare providers who can provide these essential services.

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https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A6917