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2012 SESSION
SB 450 Chemotherapy; requirements for orally administered cancer drugs.
Introduced by: Jill Holtzman Vogel | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Health insurance; parity of coverage for oral chemotherapy medications. Provides that each health insurer, health care subscription plan, and health maintenance organization whose policies, contracts, or plans include coverage for intravenously administered, injected, and orally administered anticancer drugs shall provide that the criteria for establishing cost sharing applicable to orally administered cancer chemotherapy drugs and cancer chemotherapy drugs that are administered intravenously or by injection shall be consistently applied within the same plan. This requirement will apply to the state employees' health insurance plan and to the local choice health program. This bill is identical to HB 1273.
FULL TEXT
- 01/11/12 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12100671D pdf | impact statement
- 02/09/12 Senate: Committee substitute printed 12105329D-S1 pdf
- 02/21/12 House: Committee substitute printed 12105534D-H1 pdf
- 03/01/12 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB450ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/05/12 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0641) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/11/12 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12100671D
- 01/11/12 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 01/30/12 Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (12-Y 4-N)
- 01/30/12 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
- 02/09/12 Senate: Reported from Finance with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/12 Senate: Committee substitute printed 12105329D-S1
- 02/13/12 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/12 Senate: Read second time
- 02/14/12 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/14/12 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 12105329D-S1
- 02/14/12 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB450S1
- 02/14/12 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 1-N)
- 02/14/12 Senate: Passed Senate (37-Y 3-N)
- 02/16/12 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/16/12 House: Read first time
- 02/16/12 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 02/21/12 House: Committee substitute printed 12105534D-H1
- 02/21/12 House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/12 House: Read second time
- 02/23/12 House: Read third time
- 02/23/12 House: Committee substitute agreed to 12105534D-H1
- 02/23/12 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB450H1
- 02/23/12 House: Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/12 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/27/12 Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/27/12 Senate: Title replaced 12105534D-H1
- 03/01/12 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/01/12 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB450ER)
- 03/01/12 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/03/12 Senate: Signed by President
- 04/05/12 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 641 (effective 7/1/12)
- 04/05/12 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0641)