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Enrolled Bill Summary

Enrolled Bill Summary

Legislative Session: 86(R)

House Bill 1584

House Author:  Thompson, Senfronia et al.

Effective:  9-1-19

Senate Sponsor:  Buckingham et al.


            House Bill 1584 amends the Insurance Code to prohibit a health benefit plan that provides coverage for stage-four advanced, metastatic cancer and associated conditions from requiring that an enrollee fail to successfully respond to a different drug or prove a history of such failure before the plan provides coverage of an FDA-approved prescription drug used for the treatment of the cancer or condition.