Establishes the Cancer Patients' Bill of Rights

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Establishes the Cancer Patients' Bill of Rights

The following summaries of this bill are available: Print All Summaries Introduced Print SB 1498 - This act establishes the "Cancer Patients' Bill of Rights", which includes the right to understand diagnoses and be informed about treatment options, to transparent and timely processes to contract with treatment specialists and testing, to medical treatments for pain management, and to relevant clinical trials and medical research.

What This Bill Does

• The following summaries of this bill are available: Print All Summaries Introduced Print SB 1498 - This act establishes the "Cancer Patients' Bill of Rights", which includes the right to understand diagnoses and be informed about treatment options, to transparent and timely processes to contract with treatment specialists and testing, to medical treatments for pain management, and to relevant clinical trials and medical research.
• The Department of Health and Senior Services shall make the Cancer Patients' Bill of Rights readily available online.
• This act is identical to SB 263 (2025) and SB 1403 (2024).
• SARAH HASKINS

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SB 1498 - This act establishes the "Cancer Patients' Bill of Rights", which includes the right to understand diagnoses and be informed about treatment options, to transparent and timely processes to contract with treatment specialists and testing, to medical treatments for pain management, and to relevant clinical trials and medical research. The Department of Health and Senior Services shall make the Cancer Patients' Bill of Rights readily available online.

This act is identical to SB 263 (2025) and SB 1403 (2024).
SARAH HASKINS

Current Bill Text

SECOND REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 1498
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR MOSLEY .
3374S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
AN ACT
To amend chapter 191, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to the cancer patients'
bill of rights.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 191, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto 1
one new section, to be known as section 191.960, to read as 2
follows:3
191.960. 1. This section shall be known and may be 1
cited as the "Cancer Patients' Bill of Rights". 2
2. The department of health and senior services shall 3
make the cancer patients' bill of rights readily available 4
and easily accessible online. 5
3. The cancer patients' bill of rights shall be as 6
follows: 7
(1) Cancer patients shall have a right to understand 8
fully their diagnoses and be informed about treatment 9
options in culturally appropriate and understandable 10
languages; 11
(2) Cancer patients shall have a right to transparent 12
and timely processes that ensure access to contracting 13
oncology specialists, diagnostic testing, and accurate 14
interpretations of those tests; 15
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(3) Cancer patients shall have a right to contracting 16
cancer subspecialists who have expertise in the treatment of 17
their subtypes of cancers when complex decisions are needed; 18
(4) Cancer patients shall have a right to medical 19
treatments for pain management and other services that 20
support their overall health; 21
(5) Cancer patients shall have the right to 22
contracting National Cancer Institute-designated 23
comprehensive cancer centers and leading academic medical 24
centers for the management of complex cancers that require 25
multiple experts of high-risk or emerging therapies; and 26
(6) Cancer patients shall have a right to relevant 27
clinical trials, medical research, and cutting-edge 28
innovation, including evidence-supported precision medicine. 29
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