Cancer Drug Parity Act of 2018

Summary

Cancer Drug Coverage Act of 2018 This bill requires health plans that cover anticancer medications administered by a health care provider to provide no less favorable cost sharing for patient-administered anticancer medications. This requirement applies to medications that are (1) approved by the Food and Drug Administration; (2) medically necessary for the cancer treatment; and (3) clinically appropriate in terms of type, frequency, extent site, and duration. To comply with this requirement, health plans may not, with respect to 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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Timeline

1. 12 December 2018

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 12 December 2018

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

Votes

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 12 December 2018 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 12 December 2018

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 12 December 2018

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 12 December 2018

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Sponsors

• Tina Smith · D · Sponsor
• Jerry Moran · R · Sponsor
• Christopher Murphy · D · Sponsor
• Roger Wicker · R · Sponsor
• Tammy Baldwin · D · Cosponsor
• Sheldon Whitehouse · D · Cosponsor
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Related records

• related to → Cancer Drug Parity Act of 2019
• related to → Cancer Drug Parity Act of 2017