Health care coverage: prescription hormone therapy and nondiscrimination.
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
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- Became Law
Overview
This bill aims to improve health care coverage for hormone therapy and protect against discrimination in health insurance. It requires health care service plans and health insurance policies to cover up to a 12-month supply of FDA-approved prescription hormone therapy, along with necessary self-administration supplies. Additionally, it prohibits discrimination based on race, color, national origin, age, disability, sex, and gender identity in health care coverage and access. The bill also includes provisions for pharmacists to dispense hormone therapy supplies and addresses Medi-Cal coverage requirements.
Key provisions
- Requires health care service plans and health insurance policies to cover up to a 12-month supply of FDA-approved prescription hormone therapy.
- Mandates that the Medi-Cal program cover the same amount of prescription hormone therapy.
- Prohibits utilization controls that limit the supply of hormone therapy to less than a 12-month supply.
- Prohibits discrimination in health care coverage and access based on race, color, national origin, age, disability, sex, and gender identity.
- Defines discrimination on the basis of sex to include sex characteristics and gender identity.
- Requires pharmacists to dispense up to a 12-month supply of prescription hormone therapy upon request.
- Includes provisions for Medi-Cal managed care plans.
- Specifies a repeal date for certain provisions of the bill.
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