The Board of Pharmacy in consultation with the Board of Registration for the Healing Arts, Board of Nursing, and the Department of Health and Senior Services shall adopt rules to establish standard procedures for the prescribing of self-administered oral hormonal contraceptives by pharmacists. Such rules shall require a pharmacist to 1) complete a training program; 2) provide a self screening risk assessment tool to the patient; 3) refer the patient to the patient's primary care or women's health care practitioner upon the prescribing and dispensing of the contraceptive; 4) advise the patient to consult with a primary care or women's care practitioner; and 5) dispense the contraceptive as soon as practicable after the pharmacist issues the prescription.

A pharmacist is prohibited from requiring a patient to schedule an appointment with the pharmacist for the prescribing or dispensing of the contraceptive and from prescribing and dispensing a contraceptive to a patient who does not have evidence of a clinical visit for women's health within the three years immediately following the initial prescription and dispensation of the contraception by the pharmacist.

For health insurance plans delivered, issued, continued, or renewed on or after January 1, 2017, a health carrier or health benefit plan shall provide coverage to reimburse a health care provider or dispensing entity for the dispensing of prescription contraceptives intended to last for a three month period for the first dispensing and a twelve month period for subsequent dispensations regardless of whether the insured was enrolled in the health benefit plan or policy at the time of the first dispensing.

JESSI BAKER