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OH HB604
Bill
Status
8/5/2014
Primary Sponsor
Kathleen Clyde
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AI Summary
H.B. 604 Summary
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Requires health insurance corporations and public employee benefit plans to provide coverage for FDA-approved contraceptive drugs and devices for women without cost-sharing (deductibles, copayments, or coinsurance).
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Mandates coverage of outpatient consultations, examinations, procedures, and medical services related to contraceptive use for women.
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Exempts religious employers and eligible organizations that meet federal criteria from the contraceptive coverage requirement.
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Prohibits employment discrimination based on reproductive health decisions made by employees or dependents, or based on employer personal beliefs about reproductive health drugs, devices, or services.
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Specifies that for-profit corporations cannot claim exemption from contraceptive coverage requirements regardless of state or federal incorporation.
Legislative Description
To require health insurers to provide coverage for contraceptive drugs and devices approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration and to prohibit employment discrimination under the Ohio Civil Rights Law on the basis of reproductive health decisions made by a person or a person's dependent or on the basis of the employer's personal beliefs about drugs, devices, and services related to reproductive health.
Contraceptives-health insurance/employers- no discrimination on personal belief
Last Action
To Health and Aging
8/5/2014