H0648 • 2026

INSURANCE – Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding coverage of anticancer medications under health benefit plans.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: BUSINESS COMMITTEE
Last action: 2026-04-01
Official status: LAW
Effective date: 2026-07-01

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INSURANCE – Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding coverage of anticancer medications under health benefit plans.

What This Bill Does

INSURANCE – Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding coverage of anticancer medications under health benefit plans.

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Bill History

2026-04-01 Idaho State Legislature
Reported Signed by Governor on March 31, 2026 Session Law Chapter 259 Effective: 07/01/2026
2026-03-27 Idaho State Legislature
Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
2026-03-27 Idaho State Legislature
Delivered to Governor at 12:01 p.m. on March 27, 2026
2026-03-26 Idaho State Legislature
Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
2026-03-26 Idaho State Legislature
Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
2026-03-26 Idaho State Legislature
Signed by President; returned to House
2026-03-25 Idaho State Legislature
Read third time in full – PASSED - 31-3-1 AYES – Adams, Bernt, Bjerke(Bjerke), Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Taylor, Toews, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, Woodward, Zito, Zuiderveld NAYS – Anthon, Kohl, Shippy Absent and excused – VanOrden Floor Sponsor - Blaylock Title apvd - to House
2026-03-25 Idaho State Legislature
Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
2026-03-20 Idaho State Legislature
Read second time; filed for Third Reading
2026-03-19 Idaho State Legislature
Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
2026-03-11 Idaho State Legislature
Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
2026-03-11 Idaho State Legislature
Introduced, read first time; referred to: Commerce & Human Resources
2026-03-10 Idaho State Legislature
Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 66-4-0 AYES – Alfieri, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Berch, Bingham, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cheatum, Church, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson(Larsen), Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Green, Hall(Stone), Handy, Harris, Haws, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Shirts, Skaug, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Vander Woude, Veile, Weber, Wheeler, Mr. Speaker NAYS – Cayler, Hawkins, Marmon, Wisniewski Absent – None Floor Sponsors - Bruce & Green Title apvd - to Senate
2026-03-09 Idaho State Legislature
U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
2026-03-06 Idaho State Legislature
U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar until Monday, March 9, 2026
2026-03-05 Idaho State Legislature
U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
2026-03-04 Idaho State Legislature
U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
2026-03-03 Idaho State Legislature
Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
2026-03-02 Idaho State Legislature
Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading
2026-02-17 Idaho State Legislature
Reported out of Committee, Returned to the Desk for re-referral
2026-02-17 Idaho State Legislature
Referred to Business
2026-02-13 Idaho State Legislature
Reported Printed and Referred to Health & Welfare
2026-02-12 Idaho State Legislature
Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing

Official Summary Text

INSURANCE – Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding coverage of anticancer medications under health benefit plans.

Current Bill Text

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LEGISLATURE
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IDAHO
Sixty-eighth
Legislature
Second
Regular
Session
-
2026
IN
THE
HOUSE
OF
REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE
BILL
NO.
648
BY
BUSINESS
COMMITTEE
AN
ACT
1
RELATING
TO
HEALTH
INSURANCE;
AMENDING
CHAPTER
18,
TITLE
41,
IDAHO
CODE,
BY
2
THE
ADDITION
OF
A
NEW
SECTION
41
-
1854,
IDAHO
CODE,
TO
ESTABLISH
PROVI
-
3
SIONS
REGARDING
ANTICANCER
MEDICATIONS;
AND
DECLARING
AN
EMERGENCY
AND
4
PROVIDING
AN
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
5
Be
It
Enacted
by
the
Legislature
of
the
State
of
Idaho:
6
SECTION
1.
That
Chapter
18,
Title
41,
Idaho
Code,
be,
and
the
same
is
7
hereby
amended
by
the
addition
thereto
of
a
NEW
SECTION
,
to
be
known
and
des
-
8
ignated
as
Section
41
-
1854,
Idaho
Code,
and
to
read
as
follows:
9
41
-
1854.
ANTICANCER
MEDICATIONS.
(1)
For
purposes
of
this
section:
10
(a)
"Anticancer
medication"
means
a
drug
or
biologic
used
to
kill,
1
1
slow,
or
prevent
the
growth
of
cancerous
cells,
whether
administered
12
orally,
intravenously,
or
by
injection.
13
(b)
"Health
benefit
plan"
shall
have
the
same
meaning
as
provided
in
14
section
41
-
5903,
Idaho
Code.
15
(2)
A
health
benefit
plan
issued
or
renewed
on
or
after
January
1,
2027,
16
covering
food
and
drug
administration
-
approved
anticancer
medications
17
shall
ensure
that
coverage
for
prescribed
orally
administered
anticancer
18
medication
is
subject
to
the
same
plan
design
cost
sharing
with
respect
to
19
copayment,
coinsurance,
and
deductible
of
an
injected
or
intravenously
ad
-
20
ministered
anticancer
medication.
21
(3)
Nothing
in
this
section
may
be
interpreted
to
prohibit
a
health
ben
-
22
efit
plan
from
administering
a
formulary
or
preferred
drug
list,
requiring
23
prior
authorization,
or
imposing
other
appropriate
utilization
controls
in
24
approving
coverage
for
any
anticancer
medication.
25
SECTION
2.
An
emergency
existing
therefor,
which
emergency
is
hereby
26
declared
to
exist,
this
act
shall
be
in
full
force
and
effect
on
and
after
27
July
1,
2026.
28