Alaska House votes to remove some obstacles for birth control prescriptions • Alaska Beacon

Members of the Alaska House of Representatives on Thursday voted to allow Alaska women to receive 12 months’ worth of birth control at a time from pharmacies. That’s up from 90 days, the current limit in state law. House Bill 17, approved by a 29-11 vote, also requires insurance companies to cover prescription contraceptives without a co-payment and requires them to retroactively cover prescriptions if someone signs up for insurance and has an existing prescription. The bill advances to the Senate, where the measure already has wide support. Rep. Ashley...