US HB716 | 2009-2010 | 111th Congress
Status
Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 44-10)
Status: Introduced on January 27 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-01-28 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on January 27 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-01-28 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
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.
Title
Access to Cancer Clinical Trials Act of 2009
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2009-01-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | |
| 2009-01-27 | Referred to House Ways and Means | |
| 2009-01-27 | Referred to House Education and Labor | |
| 2009-01-27 | Referred to House Energy and Commerce | |
| 2009-01-27 | 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. |
Same As/Similar To
SB488 (Related) 2009-02-26 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Subjects
Cancer
Drug and radiation therapy
Employee benefits and pensions
Government investigations
Health
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Medical research
Drug and radiation therapy
Employee benefits and pensions
Government investigations
Health
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Medical research
US Congress State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/716/all-info |
| Text | https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr716/BILLS-111hr716ih.pdf |
