Requires Medicaid coverage for self-administered hormonal contraceptives dispensed by pharmacist under standing order.

This bill requires New Jersey's Medicaid program to cover self-administered hormonal contraceptives (such as birth control pills, vaginal rings, and diaphragms) when dispensed by pharmacists under a standing order. A standing order is a prewritten medication authorization that allows pharmacists to provide these contraceptives without requiring a separate prescription from a doctor for each patient. Currently, Medicaid beneficiaries must obtain a doctor's prescription before getting these contraceptives filled at a pharmacy, but this bill would eliminate that requirement. The policy change would increase access to these contraceptives for Medicaid beneficiaries by removing a barrier to obtaining them at pharmacies.