Convenient Contraception Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1239 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1239

To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to require group 
health plans and health insurance issuers offering group or individual 
   health insurance coverage to permit enrollees to obtain a 365-day 
                       supply of contraceptives.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

               April 1 (legislative day, March 31), 2025

 Mr. Fetterman (for himself, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Booker, 
Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Duckworth, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Heinrich, Ms. Hirono, 
  Mr. Kaine, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Murphy, Mrs. Murray, Mr. 
 Padilla, and Ms. Smith) introduced the following bill; which was read 
 twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
                                Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to require group 
health plans and health insurance issuers offering group or individual 
   health insurance coverage to permit enrollees to obtain a 365-day 
                       supply of contraceptives.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Convenient Contraception Act''.

SEC. 2. REQUIRING GROUP HEALTH PLANS AND GROUP AND INDIVIDUAL HEALTH 
              INSURANCE COVERAGE TO PERMIT AN INDIVIDUAL TO OBTAIN A 
              365-DAY SUPPLY OF CONTRACEPTIVES.

    (a) Requirement.--
            (1) In general.--Section 2713(a) of the Public Health 
        Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg-13(a)) is amended by adding at the 
        end of the matter following paragraph (5), the following: ``To 
        be in compliance with the requirement under paragraph (4), 
        regardless of the guidelines described in such paragraph, the 
        Secretary shall require a group health plan or health insurance 
        issuer offering group or individual health insurance coverage 
        to permit an enrollee under such plan or coverage to obtain 
        (including in a single fill or refill), at the option of such 
        individual, the total day supply (not to exceed a 365-day 
        supply) for a contraceptive for which coverage is otherwise 
        required without the imposition of any cost-sharing 
        requirements pursuant to such paragraph.''.
            (2) Effective date.--The amendment made by paragraph (1) 
        shall apply with respect to plan years beginning on or after 
        January 1, 2026.
    (b) Outreach.--Beginning not later than 90 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
the Secretary of Labor, and the Secretary of the Treasury shall jointly 
conduct such outreach activities as are necessary to inform health care 
providers and individuals who are enrolled (and who are eligible to 
enroll) in group health plans and group and individual health insurance 
coverage (as such terms are defined in section 2791 of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg-91)) of the benefit requirements 
applied pursuant to the amendment made by subsection (a)(1).
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