Rep. Pressley Introduces Bill on Coverage for Over-The-Counter Contraceptives

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., has introduced legislation (H.R. 7894) to "require group health plans and group or individual health insurance coverage to provide coverage for over-the-counter contraceptives."

The bill was introduced on May 27 and has 92 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Ami Bera, D-Calif., Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., Jackie Speier, D-Calif., Donald M. Payne Jr., D-N.J., Jake Auchincloss, D-Mass., Gerald E. Connolly, D-Va., Nydia M. Velazquez, D-N.Y., Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., Jamie Raskin, D-Md., Carolyn B. Maloney, D-N.Y., Mark Takano, D-Calif., Lauren Underwood, D-Ill., Suzan DelBene, D-Wash., Marilyn Strickland, D-Wash., Sylvia Garcia, D-Texas, Grace F. Napolitano, D-Calif., Danny K. Davis, D-Ill., Adriano Espaillat, D-N.Y., Sean Casten, D-Ill., John B. Larson, D-Conn., Brenda Lawrence, D-Mich., Anthony G. Brown, D-Md., Lizzie Pannill Fletcher, D-Texas, Suzanne Bonamici, D-Ore., Nikema Williams, D-Ga., Henry C. Johnson, D-Ga., Julia Brownley, D-Calif., Jared Huffman, D-Calif., Betty McCollum, D-Minn., Darren Soto, D-Fla., Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Conn., Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, James McGovern, D-Mass., Grace Meng, D-N.Y., Ro Khanna, D-Calif., Juan C. Vargas, D-Calif., Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., David N. Cicilline, D-R.I., Ted Lieu, D-Calif., Gwen Moore, D-Wis., Yvette Clarke, D-N.Y., Barbara Lee, D-Calif., Sara Jacobs, D-Calif., Andy Levin, D-Mich., Ritchie Torres, D-N.Y., Mark DeSaulnier, D-Calif., Cheri Bustos, D-Ill., Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-N.J., Adam Smith, D-Wash., Mondaire Jones, D-N.Y., Dwight Evans, D-Pa., Peter A. DeFazio, D-Ore., Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., Lori Trahan, D-Mass., Derek Kilmer, D-Wash., Salud O. Carbajal, D-Calif., Alan Lowenthal, D-Calif., Marie Newman, D-Ill., Kim Schrier, D-Wash., Linda T. Sanchez, D-Calif., Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla., Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., David Trone, D-Md., Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., Nanette D. Barragan, D-Calif., Jerry McNerney, D-Calif., Judy Chu, D-Calif., Lois Frankel, D-Fla., Jesus Garcia, D-Ill., Diana DeGette, D-Colo., Kathy E. Manning, D-N.C., Dina Titus, D-Nev., Frederica S. Wilson, D-Fla., Kathy Castor, D-Fla., Alma S. Adams, D-N.C., Jimmy Gomez, D-Calif., Raul M. Grijalva, D-Ariz., Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., Katie Porter, D-Calif., Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., Mike Quigley, D-Ill., Scott Peters, D-Calif., Karen Bass, D-Calif., Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., Katherine M. Clark, D-Mass., Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, Lucy McBath, D-Ga., Tony Cardenas, D-Calif., Mark Pocan, D-Wis., Bradley Schneider, D-Ill., and Del. Eleanor Holmes-Norton, D-D.C.

The legislation was jointly referred to the House Energy and Commerce; Education and Labor; and Ways and Means committees.

For more information, Rep. Ayanna Pressley, 1108 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515; 202/225-5111; or in district office at 1700 Dorchester Ave., Boston, MA 02122.

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