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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2529 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to require group |
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| 6 | 6 | | health plans and health insurance issuers offering group or individual |
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| 7 | 7 | | health insurance coverage to permit enrollees to obtain a 365-day supply |
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| 8 | 8 | | of contraceptives. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 10 | 10 | | APRIL1, 2025 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Ms. U |
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| 12 | 12 | | NDERWOOD (for herself, Ms. SHERRILL, Ms. TITUS, and Mrs. |
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| 13 | 13 | | C |
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| 14 | 14 | | HERFILUS-MCCORMICK) introduced the following bill; which was re- |
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| 15 | 15 | | ferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to |
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| 16 | 16 | | the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Workforce, for |
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| 17 | 17 | | a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for |
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| 18 | 18 | | consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com- |
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| 19 | 19 | | mittee concerned |
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| 20 | 20 | | A BILL |
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| 21 | 21 | | To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act |
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| 22 | 22 | | to require group health plans and health insurance |
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| 23 | 23 | | issuers offering group or individual health insurance cov- |
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| 24 | 24 | | erage to permit enrollees to obtain a 365-day supply |
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| 25 | 25 | | of contraceptives. |
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| 26 | 26 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 27 | 27 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 1. SHOT TITLE. 3 |
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| 29 | 29 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Convenient Contracep-4 |
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| 30 | 30 | | tion Act’’. 5 |
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| 32 | 32 | | kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | •HR 2529 IH |
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| 34 | 34 | | SEC. 2. REQUIRING GROUP HEALTH PLANS AND GROUP 1 |
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| 35 | 35 | | AND INDIVIDUAL HEALTH INSURANCE COV-2 |
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| 36 | 36 | | ERAGE TO PERMIT AN INDIVIDUAL TO OB-3 |
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| 37 | 37 | | TAIN A 365-DAY SUPPLY OF CONTRACEP-4 |
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| 38 | 38 | | TIVES. 5 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (a) R |
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| 40 | 40 | | EQUIREMENT.— 6 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (1) I |
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| 42 | 42 | | N GENERAL.—Section 2713(a) of the Pub-7 |
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| 43 | 43 | | lic Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg–13(a)) is 8 |
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| 44 | 44 | | amended by adding at the end of the matter fol-9 |
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| 45 | 45 | | lowing paragraph (5), the following: ‘‘To be in com-10 |
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| 46 | 46 | | pliance with the requirement under paragraph (4), 11 |
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| 47 | 47 | | regardless of the guidelines described in such para-12 |
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| 48 | 48 | | graph, the Secretary shall require a group health 13 |
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| 49 | 49 | | plan or health insurance issuer offering group or in-14 |
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| 50 | 50 | | dividual health insurance coverage to permit an en-15 |
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| 51 | 51 | | rollee under such plan or coverage to obtain (includ-16 |
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| 52 | 52 | | ing in a single fill or refill), at the option of such 17 |
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| 53 | 53 | | individual, the total day supply (not to exceed a 365- 18 |
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| 54 | 54 | | day supply) for a contraceptive for which coverage is 19 |
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| 55 | 55 | | otherwise required without the imposition of any 20 |
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| 56 | 56 | | cost-sharing requirements pursuant to such para-21 |
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| 57 | 57 | | graph.’’. 22 |
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| 58 | 58 | | (2) E |
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| 59 | 59 | | FFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 23 |
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| 60 | 60 | | by this section shall apply with respect to plan years 24 |
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| 61 | 61 | | beginning on or after January 1, 2026. 25 |
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| 64 | 64 | | •HR 2529 IH |
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| 65 | 65 | | (b) OUTREACH.—Beginning not later than 90 days 1 |
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| 66 | 66 | | after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 2 |
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| 67 | 67 | | of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Labor, 3 |
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| 68 | 68 | | and the Secretary of the Treasury shall jointly conduct 4 |
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| 69 | 69 | | such outreach activities as are necessary to inform health 5 |
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| 70 | 70 | | care providers and individuals who are enrolled (and who 6 |
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| 71 | 71 | | are eligible to enroll) in group health plans and group and 7 |
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| 72 | 72 | | individual health insurance coverage (as such terms are 8 |
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| 73 | 73 | | defined in section 2791 of the Public Health Service Act 9 |
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| 74 | 74 | | (42 U.S.C. 300gg–91)) of the benefit requirements applied 10 |
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| 75 | 75 | | pursuant to the amendment made by subsection (a)(1). 11 |
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