52:14-17.29j - State Health Benefits Program, coverage for prescription female contraceptives - New Jersey Statutes

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.

L.2005,c.251,s.10.