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HB 261: Coverage for Cancer and Associated Conditions Drug Treatment

GENERAL BILL by Brown ; Toledo ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Bell ; Caruso ; Casello ; Davis ; Eskamani ; Fitzenhagen ; Geller ; Goff-Marcil ; Good ; Gottlieb ; Hogan Johnson ; Jacobs ; Jenne ; Joseph ; Killebrew ; Polo ; Polsky ; Raschein ; Slosberg ; Willhite

Coverage for Cancer and Associated Conditions Drug Treatment; Prohibits insurers of certain individual & group health insurance policies from requiring, before drug is covered, that insured fail or have failed to successfully respond to different drug; prohibits such insurers from excluding coverage for certain drugs on specified ground; requires coverage for specified services.

Effective Date: 1/1/2021
Last Action: 3/14/2020 House - Died in Health Market Reform Subcommittee
Bill Text: PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
10/1/2019 House • Filed
10/10/2019 House • Referred to Health Market Reform Subcommittee; Appropriations Committee; Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 25
1/14/2020 House • Introduced -HJ 25
3/14/2020 House • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
• Died in Health Market Reform Subcommittee