2.__Prohibitions.__A health maintenance organization that offers an individual or group health 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 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. 5. Applicability. This Act applies to all policies and contracts executed, delivered, issued for delivery, continued or renewed on or after the effective date of this Act. All policies and contracts are deemed to be renewed no later than the next yearly anniversary of the contract date.

SUMMARY

This bill requires insurance policies and contracts that provide coverage for prescription drugs or outpatient medical services to provide coverage for 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. This requirement may be enforced through the appeals process required for insurance policies and contracts by current law or through appropriate action by the