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CT SB00050

Bill

Status

Passed

5/12/2010

Primary Sponsor

James Spallone

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Origin

Senate

2010 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Requires insurance companies and health care plans to provide coverage for oral anticancer medications on terms no less favorable than intravenously administered anticancer medications, effective January 1, 2011
  • Prohibits insurers from reclassifying anticancer medications or increasing coinsurance, copayments, deductibles, or other out-of-pocket costs to comply with oral chemotherapy coverage requirements
  • Applies to individual and group health insurance policies offering specified coverage types under Connecticut General Statutes sections 38a-469
  • Maintains existing coverage requirements for tumor treatment, including chemotherapy, reconstructive surgery, prosthetics, and wigs prescribed by a licensed oncologist
  • Specifies minimum yearly benefit amounts: $500 for tumor removal, $500 for reconstructive surgery, $500 for chemotherapy, $350 for wigs, and $300 for prosthetics

Legislative Description

An Act Concerning Oral Chemotherapy Treatments.

Last Action

Signed by the Governor

5/18/2010

Committee Referrals

Appropriations4/8/2010
Insurance and Real Estate2/4/2010

Full Bill Text

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