SB 523 - Contraceptive Equity Act of 2022

• Requires health care service plans and disability insurance policies issued on or after January 1, 2024 to cover over-the-counter FDA-approved contraceptive drugs, devices, and products at point-of-sale in network pharmacies without cost sharing, prescriptions, or medical management restrictions.

• Mandates coverage for vasectomy services and procedures without deductibles, coinsurance, copayments, or other cost-sharing requirements for policies issued on or after January 1, 2024, except for grandfathered health plans and health savings account-qualified plans.

• Expands employment discrimination protections under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act to include "reproductive health decisionmaking" and prohibits employers from requiring disclosure of employees' reproductive health decisions as a condition of employment.

• Requires health benefit plans offered by the University of California and California State University to comply with contraceptive and vasectomy coverage requirements beginning January 1, 2024.

• Applies contraceptive coverage requirements to health plans offered by public and private institutions of higher learning that provide coverage only to their students, faculty, staff, and dependents.