ACA Implementation FAQ Part 54 Clarifies Preventive Services Including Contraception Coverage
Published July 29, 2022
The Departments of Labor (DOL), Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Treasury (collectively, the Departments) released Affordable Care Act (ACA) Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) Part 54 as guidance to remind group health plans and health insurance issuers of the ACA’s contraceptive coverage requirements, including emergency contraception, at no cost to participants.
The Departments are issuing the FAQs:
- in response to reports that individuals continue to experience difficulty accessing contraceptive coverage without cost sharing
- to clarify application of the contraceptive coverage requirements to fertility awareness-based methods and to emergency contraceptives, and
- to address federal preemption of state law.