SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - The New Mexico House of Representatives is debating a proposal to ensure access to contraceptives at no personal cost under most types of medical insurance.
Deliberations began Monday on a bill from Democratic Rep. Deborah Armstrong that would enshrine provisions of the Affordable Care Act into state law to require birth control coverage without co-payments. It would add additional provisions to ensure access to a six-month supply of contraceptives and extend prohibitions on cost sharing to vasectomies and condoms for men.
The bill applies to a broad variety of individual and group health insurance along with Medicaid.
A similar bill passed the House in 2017 and stalled in the Senate without a floor vote.
Armstrong says she is trying to protect access to contraception from potential federal health reforms.
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