Sec. 1. 24 MRSA §2332-J is enacted to read:

§2332-J.__Coverage for contraceptives

1.__Coverage requirements.__All individual and group nonprofit hospital and medical services plan policies and contracts and all nonprofit health care plan policies and contracts that provide coverage for prescription drugs or outpatient medical services must provide coverage for all prescription contraceptives approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration or for outpatient contraceptive services, respectively, to the same extent that coverage is provided for other prescription drugs or outpatient medical services.__For purposes of this section, the term "outpatient contraceptive services" means consultations, examinations, procedures and medical services provided on an outpatient basis and related to the use of contraceptive methods to prevent an unintended pregnancy.

2.__Prohibitions.__An insurance carrier that offers an individual or group nonprofit hospital and medical services plan policy or contract or a nonprofit health care plan policy or contract may not:

A.__Deny to any individual or covered person eligibility or continued eligibility to enroll or to renew coverage under the terms of the policy or contract because of the individual's or covered person's use or potential use of items or services that are covered in accordance with the requirements of this section;

B.__Provide monetary payments or rebates to a covered person to encourage that person to accept less than the minimum protections available under this section;

C.__Penalize or otherwise reduce or limit the reimbursement of a health care professional because that professional prescribed contraceptive drugs or provided contraceptive services in accordance with this section; or

D.__Provide incentives, monetary or otherwise, to a health care professional to induce that professional to withhold from a covered person contraceptive drugs or contraceptive services.

Sec. 2. 24-A MRSA §2756 is enacted to read:

§2756.__Coverage for contraceptives