Loading chat...
CT SB00050
Bill
Status
Passed
5/12/2010
Primary Sponsor
James Spallone
Click for details
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
No bill text available