h_hie_2017a_2017-03-09t13:33:52z1 Hearing Summary

Date: 03/09/2017

Location: HCR 0107

01:52 PM -- HB 17-1186



Representatives Pettersen and Landgraf presented House Bill 17-1186 and distributed amendments L.001 and L.002 (Attachments B and C). The bill requires health insurance plans that are mandated to cover contraceptives to provide reimbursement to an in-network provider or dispensing entity for:



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• a 3-month supply of a prescription contraceptive the first time it is dispensed to a covered person; and

• a 12-month supply any time the same prescription is subsequently redispensed, or until the plan coverage end, whichever is shorter.



The plan must also pay for a vaginal contraceptive ring that is intended to last for three months.



02:07 PM -- Dr. Kim Warner, representing Kaiser Permanente, testified in support of the bill.



02:15 PM -- Dr. Rebecca Cohen, representing herself, testified in support of the bill.



02:18 PM -- Dick Brown, representing the Colorado Chapter of American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, testified in support of the bill.



02:21 PM -- Regan Byrd, representing 9 to 5, testified in support of the bill.



02:27 PM -- Katie Mills, representing herself, testified in support of the bill.



02:30 PM -- Elin Kondrad, representing Colorado Academy of Family Physicians, testified in support of the bill.



02:38 PM -- Gabby Butterfield, representing Planned Parenthood, testified in support of the bill.



02:46 PM -- Sarah Barnes, representing Colorado Children's Campaign, testified in support of the bill.



02:48 PM -- Caitlin Westerson, representing Colorado Consumer Health Initiative, testified in support of the bill.





02:50 PM



Dr. Cohen returned to answer committee questions.





02:54 PM



Representative Pettersen explained L.001 (Attachment B).

02:55 PM



Representative Pettersen explained L.002 (Attachment C).