3.0.0 1566 2023-01-11T13:30:42Z 2023-01-11T13:30:42Z Senate S 2015-06-11 114 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-06-11T21:35:26Z Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act of 2015 114 2739 HR 2015-06-12 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2015-06-11 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2015-06-11 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000360 Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL] MARK KIRK R IL STEVEN N F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2015-06-11 True V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA 2015-08-03 False C001075 Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] Bill Cassidy R LA 2015-08-05 False C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2015-08-05 False M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. 2015-08-05 False M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2016-02-10 False G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2016-02-11 False B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2016-03-10 False B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2016-04-04 False B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2016-04-19 False W000437 Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] Roger Wicker R MS F. 2016-04-26 False M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK 2016-04-26 False M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2016-04-26 False C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2016-05-10 False S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2016-05-10 False K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2016-05-17 False W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2016-06-06 False M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2016-06-15 False B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2016-07-06 False C000567 Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] Thad Cochran R MS 2016-09-12 False W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2016-11-28 False Health Cancer Drug therapy Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Prescription drugs Health 00 2015-06-11 Introduced in Senate 2015-11-10T15:32:46Z Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act of 2015

This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require a group or individual health plan that covers anticancer medications administered by a health care provider to provide no less favorable coverage for anticancer medications administered by a patient. A plan may apply to patient-administered anticancer medications only the cost-sharing and limitations that apply to anticancer medications administered by a health care provider.

These requirements apply to medication approved by the Food and Drug Administration that is prescribed based on a finding by the treating physician that the medication is medically necessary for cancer treatment and is clinically appropriate in terms of type, frequency, extent site, and duration.

To comply with these requirements, health plans may not, for anticancer medications: (1) change or replace benefits to increase out-of-pocket costs; (2) reclassify benefits to increase costs; or (3) apply more restrictive limitations to orally administered medications than to intravenously administered or injected medications.

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Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act of 2015 Display Title Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to require group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans to provide for coverage of oral anticancer drugs on terms no less favorable than the coverage provided for anticancer medications administered by a health care provider. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1566is/xml/BILLS-114s1566is.xml 2015-06-11 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.