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OH SB355
Bill
Status
7/31/2014
Primary Sponsor
Charleta Tavares
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AI Summary
S.B. 355 Summary
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Requires health insurers (including health insuring corporations and sickness/accident insurers) to cover FDA-approved contraceptive drugs and devices for women without imposing deductibles, copayments, coinsurance, or other fees.
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Requires coverage for consultations, examinations, procedures, and outpatient medical services related to contraceptive use for women.
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Exempts religious employers and eligible organizations that meet federal requirements from the contraceptive coverage mandate if they have self-certified with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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Prohibits employment discrimination under Ohio Civil Rights Law based on an employee's reproductive health decisions or an employer's personal beliefs about contraception-related drugs, devices, or services.
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Clarifies that for-profit corporations cannot claim exemption from the contraceptive coverage requirements.
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 Insurance & Financial Institutions
7/31/2014