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HR 2366 111th Congress House

Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act of 2009

Official title: To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require group and individ… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans to provide for coverage of oral cancer drugs on terms no less favorable than the coverage provided for intravenously administered anticancer medications.

Introduced: May 12, 2009 See on congress.gov
Health CancerEmployee benefits and pensionsHealth care costs and insuranceHealth care coverage and accessPrescription drugs
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 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 11, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
May 13, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 12, 2009
Referred to House Ways and Means
May 12, 2009
Referred to House Education and Labor
May 12, 2009
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
May 12, 2009
Referred to House Energy and Commerce
May 12, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Latest action June 11, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act of 2009 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require a group health plan providing benefits for intravenously administered or injected cancer medications to provide no less favorable coverage for prescribed, orally administered anticancer medication used to kill or slow the growth of cancerous cells.

Applies such requirement to individual health insurance coverage.

 Bill text 1 version

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2366: Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2366/
MLA
"H.R. 2366: Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2366/.
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H.R. 2366, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2366/.
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[H.R. 2366: Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act of 2009](https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2366/)
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