Florida House Bill 1273 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Failed on March 10 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-03-10 - Died in Health Innovation Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires health insurance policies & health maintenance contracts to provide coverage for certain contraceptive drugs, devices, products, & procedures without imposing cost-sharing requirements; prohibits imposition of restrictions or delays on required coverage; provides exemption for religious employers; requires religious employers who are exempt to provide notice to employees & prospective employees; provides that eligible organizations may comply with coverage requirements via self-certification to issuers or specified notice to DOH; specifies requirements for issuers receiving self-certification or notice; prohibits issuers from imposing cost-sharing requirements on certain contraceptive items or services or imposing charges on certain entities; requires department to adopt rules.

Prescription Contraceptive Coverage

Rep. Holly Raschein [R]	Rep. Joseph Abruzzo [D]	Sen. Tracie Davis [D]	Rep. Chris Latvala [R]
Rep. Rene Plasencia [R]	Rep. Carlos Smith [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-03-10	House	Died in Health Innovation Subcommittee
2018-03-10	House	Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
2018-01-12	House	Referred to Health Innovation Subcommittee; Insurance and Banking Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee
2018-01-09	House	Introduced
2018-01-05	House	Filed

S1718 (Similar To) 2018-03-10 - Died in Banking and Insurance

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
627	64197		Amended Code	See Bill Text
641	31		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1273
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1273/BillText/Filed/PDF