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1999 SESSION

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SB 1033 Health insur.; cov. for clinical trials for life-threatening diseases.

Introduced by: Emily Couric | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

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 clinical trials for life-threatening diseases. Such clinical trials must be approved by the National Institutes of Health (“NIH”), an NIH-sponsored cooperative group, the Department of Veteran’s Affairs, or the Food and Drug Administration. Patient care will be insured for trials of either treatment or palliative care. Phase 1 to Phase IV cancer trials would be covered. For other life threatening conditions, Phase II to Phase IV clinical trials would be covered, and 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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