CO HB1322

Health benefit plans required to cover contraception under the federal Affordable Care Act must reimburse providers or dispensing entities for 3-month supplies on the first prescription contraceptive dispensing to an insured person.

Subsequent dispensings of the same prescription contraceptive must be reimbursed for 12-month supplies or through the end of the person's coverage, whichever is shorter, regardless of whether the person was enrolled when the prescription was first dispensed.

Vaginal contraceptive rings must be reimbursed for 3-month supplies for each dispensing to a covered person.

"Prescription contraceptive" is defined as a medically acceptable oral drug or contraceptive patch used to prevent pregnancy that requires a prescription.

The act takes effect January 1, 2018, and applies to health benefit plans issued, amended, or renewed on or after that date.