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OK HB1515
Bill
Status
4/20/2015
Primary Sponsor
Marian Cooksey
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AI Summary
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Health benefit plans providing cancer therapy coverage are prohibited from requiring higher clinical evidence standards for proton radiation therapy than for other radiation therapy treatments when making coverage decisions
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The law does not mandate that health benefit plans cover proton radiation therapy; it only requires equal evidentiary standards if coverage is offered
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Codified as Section 6060.9b of Title 36 of the Oklahoma Statutes
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Passed the House on March 11, 2015 and the Senate on April 13, 2015
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Effective date: November 1, 2015
Legislative Description
Insurance; prohibiting health benefit plan from holding certain therapy to a higher standard of clinical evidence for benefit coverage decisions than other therapies; effective date.
Health Care
Last Action
Approved by Governor 04/17/2015
4/20/2015