A bill to amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to require group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group or individual health insurance coverage to permit enrollees to obtain a 365-day supply of contraceptives.

Bill: 118-s-2427
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Fetterman, John [D-PA]
Introduced: 2023-07-20
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions

Family planning and birth control

Health care costs and insurance

Health promotion and preventive care

Prescription drugs
Latest action: action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2427 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 20, 2023 Mr. Fetterman (for himself, Ms. Baldwin , Mr. Blumenthal , Mr. Booker , Mr. Casey , Ms. Duckworth , Mrs. Gillibrand , Mr. Heinrich , Ms. Hirono , Mr. Kaine , Mr. Markey , Mr. Merkley , Mrs. Murray , Mr. Padilla , Ms. Smith , Ms. Stabenow , Ms. Warren , Mr. Welch , and Mr. Whitehouse ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to require group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group or individual health insurance coverage to permit enrollees to obtain a 365-day supply of contraceptives.

1. Requiring group health plans and group and individual health insurance coverage to permit an individual to obtain a 365-day supply of contraceptives (a) Requirement (1) In general Section 2713(a) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300gg–13(a) ) is amended by adding at the end of the matter following paragraph (5), the following: To be in compliance with the requirement under paragraph (4), regardless of the guidelines described in such paragraph, the Secretary shall require a group health plan or health insurance issuer offering group or individual health insurance coverage to permit an enrollee under such plan or coverage to obtain (including in a single fill or refill), at the option of such individual, the total day supply (not to exceed a 365-day supply) for a contraceptive for which coverage is otherwise required without the imposition of any cost-sharing requirements pursuant to such paragraph. . (2) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall apply with respect to plan years beginning on or after January 1, 2024. (b) Outreach Beginning not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Labor, and the Secretary of the Treasury shall jointly conduct such outreach activities as are necessary to inform health care providers and individuals who are enrolled (and who are eligible to enroll) in group health plans and group and individual health insurance coverage (as such terms are defined in section 2791 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300gg–91 )) of the benefit requirements applied pursuant to the amendment made by subsection (a)(1).