Long acting reversible contraception.

2016
STATE OF WYOMING
16LSO-0396
Introduced
1.2

SENATE FILE

NO.

SF0084

Long acting reversible contraception.

Sponsored by:
Senator(s) Rothfuss and Craft and Representative(s) Dayton, Petroff and Throne

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to family planning; providing that contraception information and services provided by the department of health shall include long acting reversible contraception including injections, intrauterine devices and implants; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1
.

W.S. 42
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5
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101(
a)
and by creating a new subsection (e)
is amended to read:

42
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5
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101
.

Provision of information and services; refusal to accept.

(a)

The department of health may provide and pay for family planning and birth control information and services including interviews with trained personnel, distribution of literature, referral to a licensed physician for consultation, examination, tests, medical treatment and prescriptio
n and to the extent
prescribed, the distribution of rhythm charts, drugs, medical preparation, contraceptive devices
, injections, intrauterine devices, implants
and similar products, to any person who may benefit from this i
nformation and these services.
Information and services shall be provided in a language understood by the recipient.

(e)

The department of health shall provide information on the most effective forms of contraception available including long acting reversible contraception such as injections, intrauterine devices and implants. Long acting reversible contraception shall be made available
to the extent birth control services are provided
under subsection (a) of this section.

Section
2
.

This
act is effective July 1,
201
6
.

(END)

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