House budget calls for publicizing 2017 law

Birth control measure passed, but no one knew about it

THE HOUSE BUDGET proposal includes an outside section requiring the state’s commissioner of public health to launch a public information campaign promoting the availability of 12-month prescriptions for birth control. The provision appears to address a problem identified by a recent CommonWealth article – the Legislature passed a law in 2017 requiring insurers to honor(...)

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