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• Texas Enacts Contraceptive Equity Law ( September 2000 )
  Barry J.E. Greve of Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons, LLP

  The Texas Legislature has enacted a new law that requires coverage under a health benefit plan for prescription contraceptive drugs, devices and related services. The new law took effect on September 1, 2001.

• Viagra: The Ups and Downs ( February 2001 )
  Barry J.E. Greve of Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons, LLP

  This article concerns employers with group healthcare plans which exclude coverage of contraceptives risk violating the Pregnancy Discrimination Act ("PDA") and Title VII.

• Failure to Provide Birth Control in Health Plans Constitutes Sex Discrimination ( September 2000 )
  Barry J.E. Greve of Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons, LLP

  A Washington State federal judge ruled company health insurance plans that cover most prescription drugs but not birth control pills illegally discriminate against women.