To require group health plans and group or individual health insurance coverage to provide coverage for over-the-counter contraceptives.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To require group health plans and group or individual health insurance coverage to provide coverage for over-the-counter contraceptives., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Finance, Labor.
Who Benefits and How
health care providers and patients may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, health care providers and patients may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H11F4F9198F3E4CF885DA90E543BCF23B: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Affordability is Access Act of 2023.
- Section HF548A2AB173F4285BB5087D0FF49AD6D: 2. Purpose The purpose of this Act is to ensure timely access to affordable birth control by requiring coverage without cost-sharing for contraceptives that...
- Section H5FCF9A9790D1400EBA37B47877C309EC: 3. Findings Congress finds the following: Birth control is critical health care that almost all women, as well as many trans men and nonbinary people, will use...
- Section H59E7F169E4D44D1C88666B60C0C7C253: 4. Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— in order to increase access to oral birth control, such birth control must be both easier to obtain and...
- Section H0243F37F7788442BBB5F37EC248D0A95: 5. Clarifying coverage requirements The Secretaries of Health and Human Services, Labor, and the Treasury shall clarify that coverage of contraceptives...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To require group health plans and group or individual health insurance coverage to provide coverage for over-the-counter contraceptives., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Key Policy Areas
Healthcare, Finance, Labor
Primary Purpose
This bill, To require group health plans and group or individual health insurance coverage to provide coverage for over-the-counter contraceptives., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- health care providers and patients
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- health care providers and patients
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMs. Pressley (for herself, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Mr. Bera, Ms. Crockett, …
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "federal_implementing_agencies"
- → Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill
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