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1999 SESSION

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HB 2404 Health insurance; coverage for treatment studies on cancer.

Introduced by: Gladys B. Keating | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

Accident and sickness insurance; coverage for clinical trials for life-threatening diseases.

Requires health insurers, health maintenance organizations and corporations providing accident and sickness subscription contracts to provide coverage for patient costs associated with clinical trials for treatment studies on cancer, including ovarian cancer. Patient costs covered include the costs of medically necessary health care services required in conjunction with the clinical trials. Costs not covered include the costs of research management or the cost of an investigational drug or device. The clinical trials must be approved by the National Cancer Institute, the Department of Veteran’s Affairs, the Food and Drug Administration or the other specified organizations. Phases II, III and IV cancer trials would be covered. Coverage of Phase I trials would be on a case-by-case basis. The bill’s provisions are applicable to policies, plans and contracts delivered, issued for delivery or renewed on and after July 1, 1999. They are not applicable to short-term travel, accident-only, limited or specified disease policies, or to short-term nonrenewable policies of not more than six months’ duration.


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