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NE LB68

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/9/2025

Primary Sponsor

Jane Raybould

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Origin

Legislature

109th Legislature

AI Summary

  • Requires insurance policies and self-funded employee benefit plans to reimburse for FDA-approved self-administered hormonal contraceptives: up to 3-month supply for first prescriptions and up to 12-month supply for subsequent refills

  • Applies to individual and group sickness and accident insurance policies delivered, issued, or renewed in Nebraska, excluding specified disease or limited benefit policies

  • Mandates Nebraska's medical assistance (Medicaid) program to provide one-time dispensation of a 12-month supply of covered self-administered hormonal contraceptives as prescribed

  • Prohibits insurers from imposing cost-sharing if a covered individual switches contraceptive methods before exhausting a previously dispensed supply

  • Preserves patient choice by not requiring providers to prescribe 12-month supplies and protecting recipients' freedom to change family planning methods at any time

Legislative Description

Provide insurance and medicaid coverage for certain contraceptives

Last Action

Title printed. Carryover bill

1/7/2026

Committee Referrals

Banking, Commerce and Insurance1/13/2025

Full Bill Text

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