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HB 1273 Chemotherapy; requirements for orally administered cancer drugs.
Introduced by: Christopher K. Peace | 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 SB 450.
FULL TEXT
- 01/20/12 House: Presented and ordered printed 12104507D pdf | impact statement
- 01/31/12 House: Committee substitute printed 12104867D-H1 pdf
- 02/10/12 House: Committee substitute printed 12105362D-H2 pdf
- 02/13/12 House: Floor substitute printed 12105415D-H3 (Peace) pdf
- 02/27/12 Senate: Committee substitute printed 12105589D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/09/12 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1273ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/05/12 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0634) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/20/12 House: Presented and ordered printed 12104507D
- 01/20/12 House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 01/24/12 House: Referred from Commerce and Labor by voice vote
- 01/24/12 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 01/31/12 House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (20-Y 1-N)
- 01/31/12 House: Committee substitute printed 12104867D-H1
- 01/31/12 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/31/12 House: Assigned App. sub: Compensation and Retirement
- 02/09/12 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/12 House: Reported from Appropriations with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/12 House: Committee substitute printed 12105362D-H2
- 02/12/12 House: Read first time
- 02/13/12 House: Read second time
- 02/13/12 House: Health, Welfare and Institutions Committee substitute rejected 12104867D-H1
- 02/13/12 House: Appropriations Committee substitute rejected 12105362D-H2
- 02/13/12 House: Floor substitute printed 12105415D-H3 (Peace)
- 02/13/12 House: Substitute by Delegate Peace agreed to 12105415D-H3
- 02/13/12 House: Engrossed by House - floor substitute HB1273H3
- 02/14/12 House: Read third time and passed House (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/12 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/12 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/15/12 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/27/12 Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 1-N)
- 02/27/12 Senate: Committee substitute printed 12105589D-S1
- 02/27/12 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
- 02/29/12 Senate: Reported from Finance (14-Y 0-N)
- 03/01/12 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/02/12 Senate: Read third time
- 03/02/12 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 03/02/12 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 12105589D-S1
- 03/02/12 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1273S1
- 03/02/12 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (38-Y 1-N)
- 03/05/12 House: Placed on Calendar
- 03/06/12 House: Senate substitute agreed to by House 12105589D-S1 (99-Y 0-N)
- 03/06/12 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (99-Y 0-N)
- 03/09/12 House: Enrolled
- 03/09/12 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1273ER)
- 03/09/12 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/10/12 Senate: Signed by President
- 04/05/12 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 634 (effective 7/1/12)
- 04/05/12 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0634)