2017 New Jersey Revised Statutes
TITLE 52 - STATE GOVERNMENT, DEPARTMENTS AND OFFICERS
Section 52:14-17.29j - State Health Benefits Program, coverage for prescription female contraceptives.
52:14-17.29j State Health Benefits Program, coverage for prescription female contraceptives.
10. The State Health Benefits Commission shall ensure that every contract purchased by the commission on or after the effective date of this act that provides benefits for expenses incurred in the purchase of outpatient prescription drugs shall provide benefits for expenses incurred in the purchase of prescription female contraceptives.
For the purposes of this section, "prescription female contraceptives" means any drug or device used for contraception by a female, which is approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration for that purpose, that can only be purchased in this State with a prescription written by a health care professional licensed or authorized to write prescriptions, and includes, but is not limited to, birth control pills and diaphragms. The coverage provided shall include prescriptions for dispensing contraceptives for:
a. a three-month period for the first dispensing of the contraceptive; and
b. a six-month period for any subsequent dispensing of the same contraceptive, regardless of whether coverage under the contract was in effect at the time of the first dispensing, except that an entity subject to this section may provide coverage for a supply of contraceptives that is for less than a six-month period, if a six-month period would extend beyond the term of the contract.
L.2005, c.251, s.10; amended 2017, c.241, s.10.
