HR 716 111th Congress House Health Cancer Drug therapy Employee benefits and pensions Government studies and investigations Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Medical research

Access to Cancer Clinical Trials Act of 2009

Introduced: January 27, 2009 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Jan 28, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Jan 27, 2009

Referred to House Ways and Means

Jan 27, 2009

Referred to House Education and Labor

Jan 27, 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.

Jan 27, 2009

Referred to House Energy and Commerce

Jan 27, 2009

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Access to Cancer Clinical Trials Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), and the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit a group health plan from: (1) denying an eligible participant or beneficiary participation in clinical trials related to the treatment of cancer that are federally funded or conducted under an investigational new drug application reviewed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA); (2) denying (or limiting or imposing additional conditions on) the coverage of routine patient costs for items and services furnished in connection with such participation; or (3) discriminating against an individual on the basis of such participation. Includes as routine patient costs all items and services provided in the clinical trial that are otherwise generally available to a qualified individual, with certain exceptions.

Applies such prohibitions to coverage offered in the individual market.

Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to study the impact on group health plans and health insurance issuers of requiring them to cover routine patient care costs for individuals with serious and life threatening diseases other than cancer.

What's happening now January 28, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Committees of jurisdiction 4