The bill requires individual and group sickness and accident policies, contracts, or plans that are required under current law to provide contraception coverage to reimburse participating providers or in-network dispensing entities for: • Dispensing prescription contraceptives in a 3-month supply for the first dispensing to the insured person and for a 12-month supply for subsequent dispensings of the same prescription contraceptive to the insured person; or • Dispensing to the insured person a prescribed vaginal contraceptive ring intended to last for 3 months. Prescription contraceptive is defined as a medically acceptable oral drug or contraceptive patch that is used to prevent pregnancy and that requires a prescription.

Year

2017

Current status

  • Governor Signed (06/05/2017)
  • Sent to the Governor (05/02/2017)
  • Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments (04/17/2017)
  • Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole (04/05/2017)
  • Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs (03/23/2017)
  • Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs (03/23/2017)
  • House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments (03/21/2017)
  • House Committee on Health, Insurance, & Environment Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole (03/09/2017)
  • Introduced In House - Assigned to Health, Insurance, & Environment (02/14/2017)

Sponsors

L. Landgraf/B. Petterson/D. Coram

Bill number

HB17-1186