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SF0062 • 2015

Oral chemotherapy parity.

AN ACT relating to health insurance; requiring that insurers provide coverage for oral chemotherapy in the same manner as injectable and intravenous chemotherapy; providing applicability; and providing for an effective date.

Enacted

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

Sponsor
Senator Anderson, J.D. (SD02)
Last action
2015-03-03
Official status
enrolled
Effective date
7/1/2015

Plain English Breakdown

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Bill History

  1. 2015-03-03 LSO

    Assigned Chapter Number

  2. 2015-03-03 Governor

    Governor Signed SEA No. 0025

  3. 2015-02-26 House

    H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0025

  4. 2015-02-24 Senate

    S President Signed SEA No. 0025

  5. 2015-02-24 LSO

    Assigned Number SEA No. 0025

  6. 2015-02-24 House

    H 3rd Reading:Passed 49-10-1-0-0

  7. 2015-02-23 House

    H 2nd Reading:Passed

  8. 2015-02-20 House

    H COW:Passed

  9. 2015-02-19 House

    H Placed on General File

  10. 2015-02-19 House

    Labor:Recommend Do Pass 5-4-0-0-0

  11. 2015-02-11 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H10 - Labor

  12. 2015-02-04 House

    H Received for Introduction

  13. 2015-02-04 Senate

    S 3rd Reading:Passed 28-0-2-0-0

  14. 2015-02-03 Senate

    S 2nd Reading:Passed

  15. 2015-02-02 Senate

    S COW:Passed

  16. 2015-01-30 Senate

    S Placed on General File

  17. 2015-01-30 Senate

    Labor:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0

  18. 2015-01-14 Senate

    S Introduced and Referred to S10 - Labor

  19. 2015-01-13 Senate

    S Received for Introduction

  20. 2015-01-12 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

Summary for LSO115
Bill No.:
SF0062
Effective
:
7/1/2015

LSO No.:
15LSO-0260

Enrolled Act No.:
SEA 25

Chapter No.:
94

Prime Sponsor:
Anderson, J.D. (SD02)

Catch Title:
Oral chemotherapy parity.

Subject:
Mandates equal insurance coverage for chemotherapy drugs.

Summary/Major Elements:

Chapter 20 of
Title
26 mandates inclusion of numerous items in all health insurance policies sold in the
S
tate.

This bill adds a new W.S. 26-20-501 which requires coverage of oral chemotherapy to the same extent, and with the same co
-
payments and deductibles, as injected or intravenous chemotherapy.

The bill defines “chemotherapy”
and provides that the new statu
t
e applies to policies issued or renewed afer July 1, 2015.
The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent. While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill.

Current Bill Text

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ORIGINAL
Senate
File No
.
SF0062

ENROLLED ACT NO.
25
,

SENATE

SIXTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2015 General Session

AN ACT relating to health insurance; requiring that insurers provide coverage for oral chemotherapy in the same manner as injectable and intravenous chemotherapy; providing applicability; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1
.

W.S. 26
‑
20
‑
501 is created to read:

ARTICLE
6
ORAL CHEMOTHERAPY PARITY

26
‑
20
‑
6
01
.

Oral chemotherapy parity with injectable and intravenous.

(a)

No individual
or
group health insurance polic
y
providing coverage on an expense incurred basis, individual and group service or indemnity type contract issued by any insurer including any nonprofit corporation and individual and
no
group service contract issued by a health maintenance organization, shall require a higher copayment, deductible or coinsurance amount for oral chemotherapy than required for injected or intravenous chemotherapy, regardless of the formulation or benefit category determination by the policy or
contract issuer
.

(b)

No
issuer of a health insurance policy or contract
shall
comply with
subsection
(a)
of this section
by increasing the copayment, deductible or coinsurance amount required for
covered
injected or intravenous chemotherapy or by reclassifying benefits with respect to cancer treatment medications.

(c)

This section shall apply to all policies and contracts, as described in subsection (a) of this section, issued or renewed after July 1, 2015.

(d)

For purposes of this section, "chemotherapy" means administration of drugs and biologics to kill, slow or prevent the growth of cancerous cells.

Section
2
.

This
act is effective July 1,
2015
.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the Senate.

Chief Clerk

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