The Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking has not made any changes in its position regarding contraceptive coverage in individual health insurance under Commissioner Gennet Purcell or prior to Commissioner Purcell’s appointment.

In fact, mandated coverages for insurance are not at the discretion of the insurance commissioner, but rather mandated coverages are those that are required by DC law. Contraceptive coverage is not now, nor has it ever been, a mandated coverage in DC. The Department has no authority to force insurance companies to provide contraceptive coverage.

DISB has researched its recent consumer complaint history and found no complaints about individual health insurance not covering contraception. It is surveying insurance companies writing individual health insurance in the District of Columbia and, while responses are still coming in, has found that there are individual plans available in DC that provide contraceptive coverage.