H.R. 2739 - Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act of 2015
- Sponsor:
- Leonard Lance
- Summary:
- 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. (by CRS)
- Status:
- The bill has been referred to committee.
Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act of 2015
H.R. 2739 — 114th Congress (2015–2016)
- Summary
- 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. (by CRS)
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- Title
- 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.
- Other Titles
- Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act of 2015
- Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act of 2015
- Sponsor
- Leonard Lance
- Co-Sponsors
- Rick W. Allen
- Joyce Beatty
- Dan Benishek
- Gus M. Bilirakis
- Mike Bishop
- Marsha Blackburn
- Earl Blumenauer
- Suzanne Bonamici
- Brendan F. Boyle
- Susan W. Brooks
- Larry Bucshon
- Michael C. Burgess
- Lois Capps
- John C. Carney Jr.
- Earl L. "Buddy" Carter
- Matt Cartwright
- Katherine M. Clark
- Barbara Comstock
- Gerald E. Connolly
- Ryan A. Costello
- Kevin Cramer
- Elijah E. Cummings
- Danny K. Davis
- Rodney Davis
- Peter A. DeFazio
- John K. Delaney
- Rosa L. DeLauro
- Charles W. Dent
- Scott DesJarlais
- Theodore E. Deutch
- Robert J. Dold
- Daniel M. Donovan, Jr.
- Sean P. Duffy
- Donna F. Edwards
- Keith Ellison
- Renee L. Ellmers
- Eliot L. Engel
- Michael G. Fitzpatrick
- Bill Flores
- J. Randy Forbes
- Jeff Fortenberry
- Bill Foster
- Lois Frankel
- Rodney P. Frelinghuysen
- John Garamendi
- Christopher P. Gibson
- Tom Graves
- H. Morgan Griffith
- Raúl M. Grijalva
- Brett Guthrie
- Richard L. Hanna
- Gregg Harper
- Alcee L. Hastings
- Joseph J. Heck
- Brian Higgins
- James A. Himes
- Richard Hudson
- Randy Hultgren
- Steve Israel
- Bill Johnson
- Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.
- David W. Jolly
- Trent Kelly
- Joseph P. Kennedy III
- Daniel T. Kildee
- Derek Kilmer
- Peter T. King
- Ann Kirkpatrick
- James R. Langevin
- Robert E. Latta
- Ted Lieu
- Daniel Lipinski
- Frank A. LoBiondo
- David Loebsack
- Zoe Lofgren
- Billy Long
- Ben Ray Luján
- Thomas MacArthur
- Carolyn B. Maloney
- Sean Patrick Maloney
- Doris O. Matsui
- James P. McGovern
- David B. McKinley
- Candice S. Miller
- Jeff Miller
- Markwayne Mullin
- Tim Murphy
- Grace F. Napolitano
- Eleanor Holmes Norton
- Pete Olson
- Steven M. Palazzo
- Donald M. Payne, Jr.
- Ed Perlmutter
- Scott H. Peters
- Chellie Pingree
- Mark Pocan
- Ted Poe
- David E. Price
- Charles B. Rangel
- Tom Reed
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
- Bobby L. Rush
- Tim Ryan
- Janice D. Schakowsky
- Adam B. Schiff
- David Scott
- F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.
- Pete Sessions
- Christopher H. Smith
- Steve Stivers
- Eric Swalwell
- Mark Takai
- Mark Takano
- Patrick J. Tiberi
- Paul Tonko
- David A. Trott
- Chris Van Hollen
- Greg Walden
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz
- Robert J. Wittman
- John A. Yarmuth
- Kevin Yoder
- Don Young
- Subjects
- Health
- Cancer
- Drug therapy
- Health care costs and insurance
- Health care coverage and access
- Prescription drugs
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- Major Actions
Introduced 6/11/2015 Referred to Committee - Bill History
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There have been no votes on this bill.
Action Date Description Introduced 6/11/2015 6/11/2015 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. 6/11/2015 Introduced in House 6/12/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Number Sponsor Date Offered Status
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