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S 1566 114th Congress Senate

Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act of 2015

Official title: A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to require group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans to provide for coverage of oral … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to require group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans to provide for coverage of oral anticancer drugs on terms no less favorable than the coverage provided for anticancer medications administered by a health care provider.

Introduced: August 3, 2015 See on congress.gov
Health CancerDrug therapyHealth care costs and insuranceHealth care coverage and accessPrescription drugs
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Jun 11, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jun 11, 2015
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 Latest action June 11, 2015

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act of 2015

This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require a group or individual health plan that covers anticancer medications administered by a health care provider to provide no less favorable coverage for anticancer medications administered by a patient. A plan may apply to patient-administered anticancer medications only the cost-sharing and limitations that apply to anticancer medications administered by a health care provider.

These requirements apply to medication approved by the Food and Drug Administration that is prescribed based on a finding by the treating physician that the medication is medically necessary for cancer treatment and is clinically appropriate in terms of type, frequency, extent site, and duration.

To comply with these requirements, health plans may not, for anticancer medications: (1) change or replace benefits to increase out-of-pocket costs; (2) reclassify benefits to increase costs; or (3) apply more restrictive limitations to orally administered medications than to intravenously administered or injected medications.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 2739 Identical bill Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act of 2015
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 17
All 17 Democratic 12 Republican 4
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Warren, Elizabeth
Massachusetts · Nov 28, 2016
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Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · Jul 6, 2016
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Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Jun 15, 2016
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Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Jun 6, 2016
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Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · May 17, 2016
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Coons, Christopher A.
Delaware · May 10, 2016
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Schumer, Charles E.
New York · May 10, 2016
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Murkowski, Lisa
Alaska · Apr 26, 2016
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Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · Apr 26, 2016
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Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Apr 19, 2016
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Bennet, Michael F.
Colorado · Apr 4, 2016
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Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Feb 11, 2016
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Merkley, Jeff
Oregon · Feb 10, 2016
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Cassidy, Bill
Louisiana · Aug 5, 2015
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Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Aug 5, 2015
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Murphy, Christopher
Connecticut · Aug 5, 2015
Vitter, David
· Aug 3, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1566: Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1566/
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"S. 1566: Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1566/.
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S. 1566, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1566/.
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