MO HB1158

Health benefit plans covering cancer chemotherapy cannot require higher copayments, deductibles, or coinsurance for orally administered anticancer medications than for intravenously administered or injected cancer medications.

Health carriers cannot achieve compliance by increasing copayments, deductibles, or coinsurance amounts for intravenously administered or injected cancer chemotherapy agents.

Health carriers may still require prior authorization and other appropriate utilization controls for chemotherapy coverage.

Exemptions apply to supplemental insurance policies including life care contracts, accident-only policies, specified disease policies, Medicare supplements, long-term care policies, and short-term major medical policies of six months or less.

Defines "health benefit plan" and "health carrier" using the same meanings from Missouri statute section 376.1350.