Bill Text: MN SF2385 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Contraceptive Equity Act
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-12 - Referred to Commerce and Consumer Protection [SF2385 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-SF2385-Introduced.html
1.2relating to insurance; requiring health plans to cover contraceptive methods,
1.3sterilization, and related medical services, patient education, and counseling
1.4without enrollee cost-sharing; providing certain exceptions;proposing coding for
1.5new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62Q.
1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.7 Section 1. [62Q.521] COVERAGE OF CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS AND
1.8COUNSELING.
1.9 Subdivision 1. Citation. This section may be cited as the "Contraceptive Equity
1.10Act."
1.11 Subd. 2. Scope of coverage requirement. This section applies to all health plans,
1.12as defined in section 62Q.01, subdivision 3, that are issued or renewed to a Minnesota
1.13employer to cover employees and their dependents.
1.14 Subd. 3. Required coverage. A health plan described in subdivision 2 that provides
1.15prescription drug coverage must cover all Food and Drug Administration approved
1.16contraceptive methods and sterilization procedures, and related medical services, patient
1.17education, and counseling, and shall not impose any cost-sharing requirements for this
1.18coverage.
1.19 Subd. 4. Exemption; religious and other employers. (a) Health plans sponsored
1.20by religious employers are exempt from the requirements of subdivision 3. For purposes
1.21of this exemption, a "religious employer" is one that:
1.22(1) has the inculcation of religious values as its purpose;
1.23(2) primarily employs persons who share its religious tenets;
1.24(3) primarily serves persons who share its religious tenets; and
2.1(4) is a nonprofit organization under Internal Revenue Code section 6033(a)(1) and
2.2section 6033(a)(3)(A)(i) or (iii).
2.3(b) Nonprofit employers who, based on their institutional religious beliefs, do not
2.4currently provide the coverage required by subdivision 3 in their health plan, and who are
2.5not exempt under paragraph (a):
2.6(1) are not required to provide the coverage required by subdivision 3 or refer their
2.7employees to organizations that provide this coverage; and
2.8(2) shall not be required to subsidize the cost of the coverage required by subdivision
2.93.
2.10(c) Health plan companies, as defined in section 62Q.01, subdivision 4, must offer
2.11the coverage required by subdivision 3 to employees of employers described in paragraph
2.12(b) directly, and must provide this coverage to these employees and their dependents
2.13free of charge.
2.14EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2012, and applies to
2.15coverage offered, sold, issued, renewed, or continued as defined in Minnesota Statutes,
2.16section 60A.02, subdivision 2a, on or after that date.
1.3sterilization, and related medical services, patient education, and counseling
1.4without enrollee cost-sharing; providing certain exceptions;proposing coding for
1.5new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62Q.
1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.7 Section 1. [62Q.521] COVERAGE OF CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS AND
1.8COUNSELING.
1.9 Subdivision 1. Citation. This section may be cited as the "Contraceptive Equity
1.10Act."
1.11 Subd. 2. Scope of coverage requirement. This section applies to all health plans,
1.12as defined in section 62Q.01, subdivision 3, that are issued or renewed to a Minnesota
1.13employer to cover employees and their dependents.
1.14 Subd. 3. Required coverage. A health plan described in subdivision 2 that provides
1.15prescription drug coverage must cover all Food and Drug Administration approved
1.16contraceptive methods and sterilization procedures, and related medical services, patient
1.17education, and counseling, and shall not impose any cost-sharing requirements for this
1.18coverage.
1.19 Subd. 4. Exemption; religious and other employers. (a) Health plans sponsored
1.20by religious employers are exempt from the requirements of subdivision 3. For purposes
1.21of this exemption, a "religious employer" is one that:
1.22(1) has the inculcation of religious values as its purpose;
1.23(2) primarily employs persons who share its religious tenets;
1.24(3) primarily serves persons who share its religious tenets; and
2.1(4) is a nonprofit organization under Internal Revenue Code section 6033(a)(1) and
2.2section 6033(a)(3)(A)(i) or (iii).
2.3(b) Nonprofit employers who, based on their institutional religious beliefs, do not
2.4currently provide the coverage required by subdivision 3 in their health plan, and who are
2.5not exempt under paragraph (a):
2.6(1) are not required to provide the coverage required by subdivision 3 or refer their
2.7employees to organizations that provide this coverage; and
2.8(2) shall not be required to subsidize the cost of the coverage required by subdivision
2.93.
2.10(c) Health plan companies, as defined in section 62Q.01, subdivision 4, must offer
2.11the coverage required by subdivision 3 to employees of employers described in paragraph
2.12(b) directly, and must provide this coverage to these employees and their dependents
2.13free of charge.
2.14EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2012, and applies to
2.15coverage offered, sold, issued, renewed, or continued as defined in Minnesota Statutes,
2.16section 60A.02, subdivision 2a, on or after that date.
