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CS/SB 422: Cancer Treatment

GENERAL BILL by Appropriations ; Benacquisto ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Hays ; Bradley ; Simpson ; Bullard ; Soto ; Gibson ; Detert ; Ring ; Clemens ; Negron ; Evers ; Margolis ; Abruzzo ; Stargel ; Thompson ; Flores ; Sobel ; Hukill ; Altman ; Smith ; Diaz de la Portilla ; Braynon ; Garcia ; Montford ; Dean ; Gaetz ; Bean ; Brandes ; Galvano ; Gardiner ; Grimsley ; Joyner ; Latvala ; Lee ; Legg ; Richter ; Sachs ; Simmons ; Thrasher

Cancer Treatment; Requiring that an individual or group insurance policy or a health maintenance contract that provides coverage for cancer treatment medications provide coverage for orally administered cancer treatment medications on a basis no less favorable than that required by the policy or contract for intravenously administered or injected cancer treatment medications; prohibiting insurers, health maintenance organizations, and certain other entities from engaging in specified actions to avoid compliance with this act, etc.

Effective Date: Except as otherwise expressly provided in this act, this act shall take effect July 1, 2013, and applies to policies and contracts issued or renewed on or after that date
Last Action: 5/3/2013 House - Died in returning Messages, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1159 (Ch. 2013-153)
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Health Policy (HP)
  2. Banking and Insurance (BI)
  3. Appropriations (AP)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    1/23/2013 Senate • Filed
    1/28/2013 Senate • Referred to Health Policy; Banking and Insurance; Appropriations -SJ 33
    3/4/2013 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 03/07/13, 8:00 am, 412 Knott Building
    3/5/2013 Senate • Introduced -SJ 33
    3/7/2013 Senate • Favorable by Health Policy; YEAS 7 NAYS 2 -SJ 156
    • Now in Banking and Insurance -SJ 156
    3/11/2013 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 03/14/13, 8:00 am, 110 Senate Office Building
    3/14/2013 Senate • Favorable by Banking and Insurance; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 -SJ 208
    • Now in Appropriations -SJ 208
    3/18/2013 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 03/21/13, 2:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
    3/21/2013 Senate • CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 19 NAYS 0 -SJ 241
    3/22/2013 Senate • Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 241
    • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/27/13
    3/25/2013 Senate • CS by Appropriations read 1st time -SJ 246
    3/27/2013 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 267
    • Amendment(s) adopted (448130) -SJ 267
    • Ordered engrossed -SJ 268
    • Placed on 3rd reading
    4/4/2013 Senate • Read 3rd time -SJ 308
    • CS passed as amended; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 -SJ 308
    4/10/2013 House • In Messages
    4/29/2013 House • Referred to Calendar -HJ 971
    • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/30/13
    • Received -HJ 971
    4/30/2013 House • Read 2nd time -HJ 1006
    • Substituted for CS/HB 301 -HJ 1006
    • Amendment(s) adopted (929271) -HJ 1007
    • Placed on 3rd reading
    5/1/2013 House • Read 3rd time -HJ 1038
    • CS passed as amended; YEAS 114 NAYS 1 -HJ 1039
    5/1/2013 Senate • In returning messages
    5/2/2013 Senate • Refused to concur, requested House to recede -SJ 1005
    5/2/2013 House • In returning messages
    5/3/2013 House • Died in returning Messages, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1159 (Ch. 2013-153)

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  • CS/SB 422, Engrossed 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 3/27/2013 at 8:01 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   House Message Summary (pdf)

    Related Bills (2)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 301 (c1) Cancer Treatment Mayfield, Nunez Similar Last Action: 4/30/2013 H Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1159 (Ch. 2013-153) -HJ 1006
    Location: Laid on Table
    H 1159 (e2) Health Care O'Toole Compare Last Action: 6/10/2013 Chapter No. 2013-153
    Location: Became Law

    Floor Amendments (3)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Floor Action Format
    929271 - Strike All Amendment
    Remove everything after the enacting clause and insert:
    Mayfield 4/29/2013
    9:33 PM
    Senate: Refused to Concur
    5/2/2013
    PDF
    hierarchy 846917 - Amendment to Amendment (929271)
    Remove line 56 and insert:
    Rader 4/30/2013
    7:18 AM
    House: Withdrawn
    4/30/2013
    PDF
    hierarchy 874773 - Amendment to Amendment (929271)
    Remove line 112 and insert:
    Rader 4/30/2013
    7:18 AM
    House: Withdrawn
    4/30/2013
    PDF

    Floor Votes (3)

    Date Chamber Result
    4/4/2013 3:05 PM Senate 40 Yeas - 0 Nays
    4/4/2013 3:05 PM Senate 40 Yeas - 0 Nays
    5/1/2013 8:57 AM House 114 Yeas - 1 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (3)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    627.42391 Page 1 (pdf)
    627.6515 Out-of-state groups. Page 4 (pdf)
    641.313 Page 3 (pdf)

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  • CS/SB 422, Committee Substitute 1 Posted 3/22/2013 at 1:59 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 301 (c1) Cancer Treatment Mayfield, Nunez Similar Last Action: 4/30/2013 H Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1159 (Ch. 2013-153) -HJ 1006
    Location: Laid on Table

    Floor Amendments (3)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Floor Action Format
    353984 - Amendment (Delete All)
    Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:
    Benacquisto 3/26/2013
    4:09 PM
    Senate: Withdrawn
    3/27/2013
    Web Page
    PDF
    hierarchy 364504 - Substitute Amendment (353984)
    Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:
    Benacquisto 3/27/2013
    7:40 AM
    Senate: Withdrawn
    3/27/2013
    Web Page
    PDF
    448130 - Amendment (Delete All)
    Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:
    Benacquisto 3/27/2013
    12:36 PM
    Senate: Adopted
    3/27/2013
    Web Page
    PDF

    Citations - Statutes (3)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    627.42391 Page 1 (pdf)
    627.6515 Out-of-state groups. Page 4 (pdf)
    641.313 Page 3 (pdf)

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  • SB 422, Original Filed Version Posted 1/23/2013 at 10:56 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Health Policy (Pre-Meeting) 3/5/2013 (pdf)
    Health Policy (Post-Meeting) 3/7/2013 (pdf)
    Banking and Insurance (Pre-Meeting) 3/12/2013 (pdf)
    Banking and Insurance (Post-Meeting) 3/14/2013 (pdf)
    Appropriations (Pre-Meeting) 3/20/2013 (pdf)
    Appropriations (Post-Meeting) 3/22/2013 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 301 (c1) Cancer Treatment Mayfield, Nunez Similar Last Action: 4/30/2013 H Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1159 (Ch. 2013-153) -HJ 1006
    Location: Laid on Table

    Committee Amendments (4)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    355038 - Amendment
    Delete lines 61 - 65 and insert:
    Appropriations
    (Benacquisto)
    3/20/2013
    11:48 AM
    Withdrawn
    3/21/2013
    Web Page
    PDF
    122406 - Amendment
    Between lines 109 and 110 insert:
    Appropriations
    (Benacquisto)
    3/20/2013
    11:47 AM
    Replaced by Substitute Amendment
    3/21/2013
    Web Page
    PDF
    hierarchy 597066 - Substitute Amendment (122406)
    Between lines 109 and 110 insert:
    Appropriations
    (Benacquisto)
    3/20/2013
    6:03 PM
    Replaced by Committee Substitute
    3/21/2013
    Web Page
    PDF
    106542 - Amendment
    Delete line 114 and insert:
    Health Policy
    (Bean)
    3/6/2013
    3:00 PM
    Withdrawn
    3/7/2013
    Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (3)

    Date Committee Result
    3/7/2013 8:00 AM Health Policy 7 Yeas - 2 Nays
    3/14/2013 8:00 AM Banking and Insurance 11 Yeas - 0 Nays
    3/21/2013 2:00 PM Appropriations 19 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (2)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    627.42391 Page 1 (pdf)
    641.313 Page 3 (pdf)

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