00 SENATE BILL NO. 82                                                                                                    
01 "An Act requiring that the cost of contraceptives and related health care services                                      
02 be included in health insurance coverage."                                                                              
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
04    * Section 1.  SHORT TITLE.  This Act may be known as the Contraceptive Coverage Act                                
05 of 1999.                                                                                                                
06    * Sec. 2.  AS 21.42 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                    
07  Sec. 21.42.390.  Coverage for contraceptives.  (a)  Except for a policy issued                                      
08 to an individual or a qualified church-controlled organization with a religious-based                                   
09 objection, a health care insurer that offers, issues for delivery, delivers, or renews in                               
10 this state a health care insurance plan shall provide coverage for contraceptives and                                   
11 related health care services.  The coverage required under this section is subject to                                   
12 standard policy provisions applicable to other benefits, including deductible or                                        
13 copayment provisions.                                                                                                   
14  (b)  In this section,                                                                                                 
01   (1)  "contraceptives" includes an appliance, a drug, or a medicinal                                                  
02 preparation intended for the prevention of conception;                                                                  
03   (2)  "health care services" includes consultations, examinations,                                                    
04 procedures, and services medically necessary to prescribe or administer contraceptives;                                 
05   (3)  "qualified church-controlled organization" has the meaning given                                                
06 in 26 U.S.C. 3121(w)(3).