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Committee hears testimony supporting bill to require insurers to cover 12-month contraceptive supplies
Summary
Lawmakers and advocates urged the House Health Care Committee to close a coverage loophole and require insurers to cover up to a 12-month supply of contraceptives at once for new prescriptions, citing access barriers for students, rural residents and survivors of coercion.
The House Health Care Committee held a public hearing on House Bill 1090, which would require health carriers to reimburse for up to a 12-month supply of contraceptives at one time for new prescriptions as well as refills.
Rep. Emily Alvarado, the bill’s prime sponsor, told the committee that the statute enacted in 2017 required coverage of a 12-month supply only for refills, not initial prescriptions, and that the current distinction forces some patients to return monthly for medication or lose continuity of contraception. “Patients and their providers determine what's best, not insurance companies,” Alvarado said, and she asked the committee to remove that…
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