Insurance coverage mandates
Which specific medical services and treatments must health insurance plans cover without extra cost? 18 bills, 5 became law. Latest: California AB 1906, became law, Sep 27.
- Open now
- 5
- Coming back
- 4
- Became law
- 5
- Stopped
- 4
The bills
What can still move first, then what may return next session, then laws and what stopped. Newest first in each.
Can still move 5
- Can still moveRelates to mandatory health insurance coverage for acupuncture servicesPassed both chambers
- Can still moveRequires insurers to cover the substitution of a brand name prescription drug when the federal food and drug administration has declared that there is a supply issue with a generic drugPassed both chambers
- Can still moveRequires certain health insurance policies to provide coverage for diabetes and prediabetes screeningPassed both chambers
- Can still moveRequires certain health insurance policies include coverage for services provided by pharmacists related to contraceptivesPassed both chambers
- Congress back Nov 9, dies Jan 3, 2027Protecting Health Care and Lowering Costs ActIn committee
May return next session 4
- Must be reintroduced next sessionHealth care coverage: lung cancerPassed first chamber
- Must be reintroduced next sessionHealth care coverage: mental health or substance use disordersPassed first chamber
- Must be reintroduced next sessionPrescription drug cost sharingPassed first chamber
- Must be reintroduced next sessionQualified youth drop-in center health care coveragePassed first chamber
Already law 5
Became law
Health care coverage: home test kits
California · AB 1906
Latest: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 560, Statutes of 2026 · Sep 27
Became law
Health care coverage: fluoride treatments
California · AB 350
Latest: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 500, Statutes of 2026 · Sep 27
Became law
Health care coverage: scalp cooling
California · AB 1682
Latest: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 541, Statutes of 2026 · Sep 27
Became law
Health care coverage: insulin
California · SB 40
Latest: Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 737, Statutes of 2025 · Oct 13, 2025
Became law
Protect Access to Gender-Affirming Health Care
Colorado · HB 25-1309
Latest: Governor Signed · May 23, 2025
Stopped: vetoed, failed or out of time 4
- Veto sustained · Mar 2Health care coverage: prescription hormone therapy and nondiscriminationVetoed
- From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56 · Feb 2Health care coverage: mental health and substance use disorders: inpatient admissionsFailed
- From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56 · Feb 2Health care: medically necessary treatmentFailed
- Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file · Jan 22Health care coverage: language accessVetoed
Grouped by AI from the bills closest to Healthcare, by the policy questions they address. Bills in a group may take opposing positions. Grouping as of October 30, 2026. A bill is not a law until it is signed.
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