HB 623: Cancer Chemotherapy Treatment Parity
GENERAL BILL by Nunez ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Costello ; Mayfield ; Porth ; Sands
Cancer Chemotherapy Treatment Parity; Requires individual or group insurance policies & health maintenance contracts providing coverage for cancer chemotherapy treatment to provide at least equally favorable coverage for prescribed, orally administered anticancer medications; specifies that compliance with requirement may not be achieved by increasing policy or contract copayments, deductibles, or coinsurance amounts applicable to intravenously administered or injected anticancer medications; provides construction.
Effective Date: 7/1/2012
Last Action: 3/9/2012 House - Died in Health and Human Services Quality Subcommittee
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Last Action: 3/9/2012 House - Died in Health and Human Services Quality Subcommittee
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 11/9/2011 | House |
• Filed |
| 11/21/2011 | House |
• Referred to Health and Human Services Quality Subcommittee; Insurance and Banking Subcommittee; Appropriations Committee; Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 62 |
| 1/10/2012 | House |
• Introduced -HJ 62 |
| 3/9/2012 | House |
• Died in Health and Human Services Quality Subcommittee |
