US Congress House Bill 1730 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 105-66)
Status: Introduced on March 13 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-14 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires health plans that cover anticancer medications administered by a health care provider to provide no less favorable cost sharing for patient-administered anticancer medications. This requirement applies to medications that are (1) approved by the Food and Drug Administration; (2) medically necessary for the cancer treatment; and (3) clinically appropriate in terms of type, frequency, extent site, and duration.To comply with this requirement, health plans may not, with respect to 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.

Cancer Drug Parity Act of 2019

Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. Brett Guthrie [R-KY]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. Gus Bilirakis [R-FL]
Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Peter King [R-NY]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]
Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Pete Olson [R-TX]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]
Rep. Will Hurd [R-TX]	Rep. Ami Bera [D-CA]	Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK]	Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]
Rep. Michael McCaul [R-TX]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Robert Latta [R-OH]	Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]
Rep. Greg Gianforte [R-MT]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Elise Stefanik [R-NY]	Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]
Rep. Paul Cook [R-CA]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]	Rep. Kenny Marchant [R-TX]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]
Rep. Larry Bucshon [R-IN]	Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]	Rep. Tim Walberg [R-MI]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]
Rep. Jody Hice [R-GA]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Mike Bost [R-IL]	Rep. Rodney Davis [R-IL]
Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Brian Mast [R-FL]
Rep. Ed Case [D-HI]	Rep. Scott Tipton [R-CO]	Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]	Rep. Bill Posey [R-FL]
Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Don Young [R-AK]	Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]	Rep. Michael Guest [R-MS]
Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. Lance Gooden [R-TX]	Rep. Nanette Barragan [D-CA]	Rep. Trent Kelly [R-MS]
Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Billy Long [R-MO]	Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]
Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Glenn Grothman [R-WI]	Rep. Angela Craig [D-MN]	Rep. David McKinley [R-WV]
Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Austin Scott [R-GA]	Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]	Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]
Rep. Susan Wild [D-PA]	Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R-WA]	Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]	Rep. Kelly Armstrong [R-ND]
Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Steven Palazzo [R-MS]	Rep. Joaquin Castro [D-TX]	Rep. Mike Gallagher [R-WI]
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Sean Duffy [R-WI]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Vicky Hartzler [R-MO]
Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. Earl Carter [R-GA]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Jack Bergman [R-MI]
Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]	Rep. Morgan Griffith [R-VA]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Dan Crenshaw [R-TX]
Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]	Rep. Clay Higgins [R-LA]	Rep. Harley Rouda [D-CA]	Rep. Richard Hudson [R-NC]
Rep. Andy Kim [D-NJ]	Rep. James Sensenbrenner [R-WI]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. John Katko [R-NY]
Rep. Lisa Rochester [D-DE]	Rep. John Rutherford [R-FL]	Rep. Tom O'Halleran [D-AZ]	Rep. Susan Brooks [R-IN]
Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon [D-PA]	Rep. Mark Amodei [R-NV]	Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]	Rep. Michael Turner [R-OH]
Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]	Rep. Bill Flores [R-TX]	Rep. Al Green [D-TX]	Rep. Paul Mitchell [R-MI]
Rep. Elissa Slotkin [D-MI]	Rep. John Joyce [R-PA]	Rep. Joe Cunningham [D-SC]	Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]
Rep. Christopher Pappas [D-NH]	Rep. Jeff Van Drew [R-NJ]	Rep. Tom Malinowski [D-NJ]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]
Rep. David Joyce [R-OH]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Josh Gottheimer [D-NJ]	Rep. Dan Newhouse [R-WA]
Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Lloyd Smucker [R-PA]	Rep. Kim Schrier [D-WA]	Rep. Michael Waltz [R-FL]
Rep. Elaine Luria [D-VA]	Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]	Rep. Steve Womack [R-AR]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]
Rep. Ralph Abraham [R-LA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Greg Steube [R-FL]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]
Rep. Ross Spano [R-FL]	Rep. Colin Allred [D-TX]	Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]	Rep. John Moolenaar [R-MI]
Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Tim Burchett [R-TN]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]	Rep. Bruce Westerman [R-AR]
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Gil Cisneros [D-CA]
Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]	Rep. TJ Cox [D-CA]	Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]	Rep. Joseph Morelle [D-NY]
Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. David Scott [D-GA]	Rep. Haley Stevens [D-MI]	Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA]
Rep. Thomas Suozzi [D-NY]	Rep. David Trone [D-MD]	Rep. Cindy Axne [D-IA]	Rep. Max Rose [D-NY]
Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Veronica Escobar [D-TX]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]
Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Andy Levin [D-MI]
Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Lauren Underwood [D-IL]	Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]	Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]
Rep. Stephanie Murphy [D-FL]	Rep. Chrissy Houlahan [D-PA]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. Lori Trahan [D-MA]
Rep. Lucy McBath [D-GA]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]	Rep. Alma Adams [D-NC]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-14	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2019-03-13	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2019-03-13	House	Introduced in House

SB741 (Same As) 2019-03-12 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1730/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr1730/BILLS-116hr1730ih.pdf