An Act To Ensure Access to Prescription Contraceptives
Maine Legislature, Session 130, LD 1954
Committee Amendment CA_B_S500 (Senate)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" f> "to S.P. 691, L.D. 1954, "An Act To Ensure 
Access to Prescription Contraceptives" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'Resolve, Directing the Bureau of Insurance To Review and Evaluate the Costs of 
Health Insurance Coverage of Prescription Contraceptives without Cost Sharing' 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the title and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. Review pursuant to law. Resolved: That, in accordance with the Maine 
Revised Statutes, Title 24-A, section 2752, the Department of Professional and Financial 
Regulation, Bureau of Insurance shall review and evaluate a mandated health benefit 
proposal requiring health insurance carriers to provide coverage for all contraceptive drugs, 
devices and products approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration without any 
deductible, coinsurance, copayment or other cost-sharing requirement, as proposed to the 
Joint Standing Committee on Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services during 
the Second Regular Session of the 130th Legislature. 
Sec. 2. Report. Resolved: That, no later than January 30, 2023, the Department of 
Professional and Financial Regulation, Bureau of Insurance shall submit a report to the 
joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over health coverage, 
insurance and financial services matters with the results of the review and evaluation 
required in section 1. 
Sec. 3. Legislation. Resolved: That the joint standing committee of the Legislature 
having jurisdiction over health coverage, insurance and financial services matters may 
report out a bill to the First Regular Session of the 131st Legislature based on the report 
provided in accordance with section 2.' 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section 
number to read consecutively. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" b" to S.P. 691, L.D. 1954 (')-~ 
SUMMARY 
This amendment is the minority report of the committee and replaces the bill with a 
resolve. The amendment requires the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation, 
Bureau of Insurance to conduct a review and evaluation of a mandated health benefit 
proposal requiring health insurance carriers to provide coverage for all contraceptive drugs, 
devices and products approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration without any 
deductible, coinsurance, copayment or other cost-sharing requirement. The bureau is 
required to submit the review to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having 
jurisdiction over health coverage, insurance and financial services matters no later than 
January 30, 2023, and the committee is authorized to report out legislation to the First 
Regular Session of the 131st Legislature based on the results. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Approved: 03/29/22 ;::t?:rac:.. 
LD 1954 
LR 2298(03) 
An Act To Ensure Access to Prescription Contraceptives 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment '}~(s--5""bb) 
Committee: Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - Other Special Revenue Funds 
Any additional costs to the Bureau of Insurance in the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation are 
expected to be minor and can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources. 
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