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OCR Page 1 of 22http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/C?c105:./temp/-c105Wxnd8z
S 743 IS
105th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 743
To require equitable coverage of prescription contraceptive drugs and devices, and contraceptive
services under health plans.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 14, 1997
Ms. SNOWE (for herself, Mr. REID, Mr. WARNER, Ms. MIKULSKI, Mr. CHAFEE, Mr. DURBIN,
Ms. COLLINS, Mrs. MURRAY, and Mr. JEFFORDS) introduced the following bill; which was read
twice and referred to the Committee on Finance
A BILL
To require equitable coverage of prescription contraceptive drugs and devices, and contraceptive
services under health plans.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the 'Equity in Prescription Insurance and Contraceptive Coverage Act of
1997'.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) each year, approximately 3,600,000 pregnancies, or nearly 60 percent of all pregnancies,
in this country are unintended;
(2) contraceptive services are part of basic health care, allowing families to both adequately
space desired pregnancies and avoid unintended pregnancy;
(3) studies show that contraceptives are cost-effective: for every $1 of public funds invested
in family planning, $4 to $14 of public funds is saved in pregnancy and health care-related
costs;
(4) by reducing rates of unintended pregnancy, contraceptives help reduce the need for
abortion;
(5) unintended pregnancies lead to higher rates of infant mortality, low-birth weight, and
maternal morbidity, and threaten the economic viability of families;
(6) the National Commission to Prevent Infant Mortality determined that `infant mortality
could be reduced by 10 percent if all women not desiring pregnancy used contraception';
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