Florida Senate Bill 1066 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: Failed on March 9 2012 - 100% progression
Action: 2012-03-09 - Died in Banking and Insurance
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Requiring that a group insurance policy or group health maintenance contract that provides coverage for cancer chemotherapy treatment provide coverage for orally administered anticancer medication on a basis no less favorable than that required by the policy or contact for intravenously administered or injected anticancer medications; prohibiting an insurer from increasing a copayment, deductible, or coinsurance amount for intravenously administered or injected anticancer medications covered under a policy or contract; providing that an insurer is not prohibited from requiring prior authorization or imposing other appropriate utilization controls in approving coverage for any cancer chemotherapy treatment, etc.

Cancer Chemotherapy Treatment

Sen. Rene Garcia [R]

Sen. Gwen Margolis [D]

Sen. Eleanor Sobel [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-03-09		Died in Banking and Insurance
2012-01-10		Introduced -SJ 87
2012-01-10		Referred to Banking and Insurance; Health Regulation; Budget -SJ 87
2011-11-28		Filed

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/1066
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/1066/BillText/Filed/HTML