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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

SB 724

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Relating to: requiring coverage of dispensing of an extended supply of contraceptives.

Birth control Insurance — Health Public employee — Group insurance

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill requires certain disability insurance policies, also known as health

insurance policies, and self-insured governmental and school district health plans

to cover a dispensing of contraceptives that is intended to last for three months for

the first dispensing and a dispensing of contraceptives that is intended to last for 12

months for subsequent dispensings of that contraceptive. Contraceptives are drugs

or devices approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration to prevent

pregnancy. Under current law, those policies and plans must cover the cost of

contraceptives prescribed by a health care provider and of services that are necessary

to prescribe, administer, maintain, or remove the contraceptive. The coverage

requirement under the bill does not apply to a dispensing of a contraceptive that

expires or becomes ineffective in less than 12 months.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Bewley (D) , C. Larson (D) , Harris Dodd (D) , L. Taylor (D) , Ringhand (D) , Risser (D) , Vinehout (D)

20 cosponsors

Barnes (D) , Berceau (D) , Considine (D) , Genrich (D) , Goyke (D) , Johnson (D) , Kahl (D) , Kolste (D) , Mason (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Pope (D) , Riemer (D) , Sargent (D) , Shankland (D) , Sinicki (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Subeck (D) , Wachs (D) , Zamarripa (D) , Zepnick (D)

Full history

  1. Feb 11, 2016 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Harris Dodd, Risser, Bewley, C. Larson, Ringhand, L. Taylor and Vinehout; cosponsored by Representatives Shankland, Kolste, Zamarripa, Barnes, Berceau, Considine, Genrich, Goyke, Johnson, Kahl, Mason, Ohnstad, Pope, Sargent, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Subeck, Wachs and Zepnick

  2. Feb 11, 2016 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Human Services

  3. Feb 12, 2016 · Senate

    Representative Riemer added as a cosponsor

  4. Apr 13, 2016 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1