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1999 SESSION

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SB 1281 Coverage of certain cancer treatments.

Introduced by: Jane H. Woods | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Coverage of certain cancer treatments. Requires the state employees health insurance plan and any insurer proposing to issue individual or group accident and sickness insurance policies providing hospital, medical and surgical or major medical coverage on an expense-incurred basis, any corporation providing individual or group accident and sickness subscription contracts, and any health maintenance organization providing a health care plan for health care services, whose policy contract or plan covers prescription drugs, surgical procedures, radiation, other therapy or supportive care for the treatment of cancer to cover any drug, surgical procedure, radiation, other therapy or supportive care prescribed for the treatment of cancer if (i) the drug, surgical procedure, radiation, other therapy or supportive care has been recognized as safe and effective for treatment of that specific type of cancer in any of the standard reference compendia or (ii) the drug, surgical procedure, radiation, other therapy or supportive care has been approved for clinical use for the treatment of cancer by one of the National Institutes of Health, regardless of whether approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of any disease or condition or for any cancer. Present law mandates coverage for off-label use of cancer drugs if the drug has been recognized as safe and effective for treatment of that specific type of cancer in any of the standard reference compendia.


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