TN SB0922 | 2017-2018 | 110th General Assembly
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 9-0)
Status: Introduced on February 9 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-04-04 - Action deferred to first calendar of 2018
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on February 9 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-04-04 - Action deferred to first calendar of 2018
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]
Summary
As introduced, prohibits an insurance policy that provides benefits for anti-cancer medications that are injected or intravenously administered by a healthcare provider and anti-cancer medications that are patient administered from requiring a higher copayment, deductible, or coinsurance amount for the patient administered anti-cancer medication than for the injected or intravenously administered anti-cancer medication. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 7, Part 23.
Title
As introduced, prohibits an insurance policy that provides benefits for anti-cancer medications that are injected or intravenously administered by a healthcare provider and anti-cancer medications that are patient administered from requiring a higher copayment, deductible, or coinsurance amount for the patient administered anti-cancer medication than for the injected or intravenously administered anti-cancer medication. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 7, Part 23.
Sponsors
| Sen. Bill Ketron [R] | Sen. Edward Jackson [R] | Sen. Steven Dickerson [R] | Sen. Becky Massey [R] |
| Sen. Richard Briggs [R] | Sen. Ken Yager [R] | Sen. Ferrell Haile [R] | Sen. Mae Beavers [R] |
| Sen. Janince Bowling [R] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2017-04-04 | Senate | Action deferred to first calendar of 2018 |
| 2017-04-03 | Senate | Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 4/4/2017 |
| 2017-04-03 | Senate | Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 4/4/2017 |
| 2017-03-28 | Senate | Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 4/3/2017 |
| 2017-03-28 | Senate | Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 4/4/2017 |
| 2017-03-28 | Senate | Sponsor(s) Added. |
| 2017-03-22 | Senate | Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/28/2017 |
| 2017-02-13 | Senate | Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee |
| 2017-02-09 | Senate | Introduced, Passed on First Consideration |
| 2017-02-09 | Senate | Filed for introduction |
Same As/Similar To
HB1059 (Crossfiled) 2017-04-04 - Sponsor(s) Added.
