US SB741 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on March 12 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-12 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on March 12 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-12 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Requires health plans that cover anticancer medications administered by a health care provider to provide no less favorable cost sharing for patient-administered anticancer medications. This requirement applies to medications that are (1) approved by the Food and Drug Administration; (2) medically necessary for the cancer treatment; and (3) clinically appropriate in terms of type, frequency, extent site, and duration.To comply with this requirement, health plans may not, with respect to anticancer medications (1) change or replace benefits to increase out-of-pocket costs, (2) reclassify benefits to increase costs, or (3) apply more restrictive limitations to orally administered medications than to intravenously administered or injected medications.
Title
Cancer Drug Parity Act of 2019
Sponsors
Sen. Tina Smith [D-MN] | Sen. Jerry Moran [R-KS] | Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT] | Sen. Roger Wicker [R-MS] |
Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH] | Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R-AK] | Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN] | Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith [R-MS] |
Sen. John Boozman [R-AR] | Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA] | Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT] | Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME] |
Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI] | Sen. Kevin Cramer [R-ND] | Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR] | Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN] |
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI] | Sen. Shelley Capito [R-WV] | Sen. Doug Jones [D-AL] | Sen. Rick Scott [R-FL] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2019-03-12 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. |
Same As/Similar To
HB1730 (Same As) 2019-03-14 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Subjects
Cancer
Drug therapy
Health
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Prescription drugs
Drug therapy
Health
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Prescription drugs
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/741/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s741/BILLS-116s741is.pdf |