District of Columbia Code Division V. Local Business Affairs § 31-3834.03. Coverage of additional preventive health services.

(2)(A) All contraceptive drugs, devices, products and services approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”), including emergency contraception; provided, that:

(B) If there is a therapeutic equivalent of an FDA-approved contraceptive drug, device, product, or service coverage shall also include either the original FDA-approved contraceptive drug, device, product, or service at least one of its therapeutic equivalents, without imposing any cost-sharing requirements;

(C) If the covered contraceptive drug, device, product, or service is deemed medically inadvisable by a provider, the health insurer shall defer to the determination and judgment of the attending provider and provide coverage for the alternative prescribed contraceptive drug, device, product, or service without imposing any cost-sharing requirements; and

(D) Nothing in this section shall prohibit a health insurer from requiring the use of a generic prescription drug when providing coverage for preventive contraceptive drugs, devices, products, or services, so long as such health insurer: