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To amend the Public Health Service Act to require group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans to provide for cost sharing for oral anticancer drugs on terms no less favorable than the cost sharing provided for anticancer medications administered by a health care provider.

USA115th CongressHR-1409| House 
| Updated: 3/17/2017
Leonard Lance

Leonard Lance

Republican Representative

New Jersey

Cosponsors (175)
Brenda L. Lawrence (Democratic)Dwight Evans (Democratic)Thomas MacArthur (Republican)David Loebsack (Democratic)Daniel M. Donovan (Republican)Tim Ryan (Democratic)Clay Higgins (Republican)F. James Sensenbrenner (Republican)Tom O'Halleran (Democratic)John Katko (Republican)Elise M. Stefanik (Republican)John Garamendi (Democratic)Trent Kelly (Republican)Gregg Harper (Republican)Ruben Gallego (Democratic)Jared Huffman (Democratic)Steven M. Palazzo (Republican)Pete Olson (Republican)Adam B. Schiff (Democratic)Charles W. Dent (Republican)Joseph P. Kennedy (Democratic)Raúl M. Grijalva (Democratic)Randy Hultgren (Republican)Stephanie N. Murphy (Democratic)Don Young (Republican)Brett Guthrie (Republican)Mark Pocan (Democratic)Peter T. King (Republican)James R. Langevin (Democratic)Steve Stivers (Republican)Emanuel Cleaver (Democratic)Brian Higgins (Democratic)Jackie Speier (Democratic)Kathleen M. Rice (Democratic)Sheila Jackson Lee (Democratic)Derek Kilmer (Democratic)John A. Yarmuth (Democratic)Ben Ray Luján (Democratic)Carolyn B. Maloney (Democratic)Bill Foster (Democratic)Robert J. Wittman (Republican)John Abney Culberson (Republican)Eliot L. Engel (Democratic)Glenn Thompson (Republican)Tim Murphy (Republican)Bobby L. Rush (Democratic)Marsha Blackburn (Republican)Jimmy Panetta (Democratic)Carol Shea-Porter (Democratic)Eric Swalwell (Democratic)Michael F. Doyle (Democratic)Pete Sessions (Republican)Katherine M. Clark (Democratic)Steve Cohen (Democratic)Andy Biggs (Republican)Scott H. Peters (Democratic)Doug Collins (Republican)Paul Tonko (Democratic)David Young (Republican)Tim Walberg (Republican)Donald M. Payne (Democratic)Bruce Poliquin (Republican)Thomas R. Suozzi (Democratic)John P. Sarbanes (Democratic)Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (Republican)Rosa L. DeLauro (Democratic)Billy Long (Republican)Mike Bishop (Republican)Lucille Roybal-Allard (Democratic)Peter A. DeFazio (Democratic)Daniel T. Kildee (Democratic)Vicente Gonzalez (Democratic)Ted Lieu (Democratic)Michelle Lujan Grisham (Democratic)James B. Renacci (Republican)David B. McKinley (Republican)Greg Gianforte (Republican)Ro Khanna (Democratic)Lloyd Smucker (Republican)Barry Loudermilk (Republican)Gus M. Bilirakis (Republican)Walter B. Jones (Republican)Sean Patrick Maloney (Democratic)Paul Mitchell (Independent)A. Drew Ferguson (Republican)H. Morgan Griffith (Republican)Jody B. Hice (Republican)Bill Flores (Republican)Don Bacon (Republican)Brendan F. Boyle (Democratic)Christopher H. Smith (Republican)Matt Cartwright (Democratic)John B. Larson (Democratic)David P. Joyce (Republican)Fred Upton (Republican)Stephen F. Lynch (Democratic)Mark DeSaulnier (Democratic)Ted Poe (Republican)Timothy J. Walz (Democratic)Rodney Davis (Republican)Richard Hudson (Republican)Doris O. Matsui (Democratic)Trey Gowdy (Republican)Ryan A. Costello (Republican)David E. Price (Democratic)David G. Reichert (Republican)James A. Himes (Democratic)Theodore E. Deutch (Democratic)John Lewis (Democratic)Alma S. Adams (Democratic)Glenn Grothman (Republican)Kevin Cramer (Republican)Anna G. Eshoo (Democratic)Brian J. Mast (Republican)Ami Bera (Democratic)Mark Takano (Democratic)Luis V. Gutierrez (Democratic)John H. Rutherford (Republican)Pramila Jayapal (Democratic)Betty McCollum (Democratic)Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democratic)Austin Scott (Republican)Blaine Luetkemeyer (Republican)Mike Gallagher (Republican)Daniel Lipinski (Democratic)Larry Bucshon (Republican)Michael T. McCaul (Republican)Jamie Raskin (Democratic)Ruben J. Kihuen (Democratic)Elijah E. Cummings (Democratic)Mark E. Amodei (Republican)Lois Frankel (Democratic)Louise McIntosh Slaughter (Democratic)Scott DesJarlais (Republican)Diane Black (Republican)James P. McGovern (Democratic)Michael R. Turner (Republican)Ted S. Yoho (Republican)William R. Keating (Democratic)Jeff Fortenberry (Republican)Beto O'Rourke (Democratic)Yvette D. Clarke (Democratic)Vicky Hartzler (Republican)Brian K. Fitzpatrick (Republican)Earl Blumenauer (Democratic)Robert A. Brady (Democratic)Rodney P. Frelinghuysen (Republican)Robert E. Latta (Republican)Seth Moulton (Democratic)Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (Republican)Suzanne Bonamici (Democratic)Susan W. Brooks (Republican)David A. Trott (Republican)Tom Graves (Republican)Zoe Lofgren (Democratic)Scott R. Tipton (Republican)Kevin Yoder (Republican)Jenniffer González-Colón (Republican)Mike Coffman (Republican)Ralph Norman (Republican)Sean P. Duffy (Republican)John K. Delaney (Democratic)Cheri Bustos (Democratic)Bradley Scott Schneider (Democratic)Cathy McMorris Rodgers (Republican)Jack Bergman (Republican)Alcee L. Hastings (Democratic)Bill Johnson (Republican)Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Democratic)Gerald E. Connolly (Democratic)Barbara Comstock (Republican)Chellie Pingree (Democratic)Colleen Hanabusa (Democratic)Grace F. Napolitano (Democratic)Judy Chu (Democratic)

Health Subcommittee, Energy and Commerce Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Cancer Drug Coverage Act of 2017 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require group and individual 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 medication approved by the Food and Drug Administration that is prescribed based on a finding by the treating physician that the medication is medically necessary for cancer treatment and is clinically appropriate in terms of type, frequency, extent site, and duration. To comply with this requirement, health plans may not, for 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.
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Timeline
Mar 7, 2017
Introduced in House
Mar 7, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Mar 17, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Dec 12, 2018

Latest Companion Bill Action

S 115-3742
Introduced in Senate
  • March 7, 2017
    Introduced in House


  • March 7, 2017
    Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.


  • March 17, 2017
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.


  • December 12, 2018

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    S 115-3742
    Introduced in Senate

Health

Related Bills

  • S 115-3742: A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to require group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans to provide for cost sharing for oral anticancer drugs on terms no less favorable than the cost sharing provided for anticancer medications administered by a health care provider.
CancerDrug therapyHealth care costs and insuranceHealth care coverage and accessPrescription drugs

To amend the Public Health Service Act to require group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans to provide for cost sharing for oral anticancer drugs on terms no less favorable than the cost sharing provided for anticancer medications administered by a health care provider.

USA115th CongressHR-1409| House 
| Updated: 3/17/2017
Cancer Drug Coverage Act of 2017 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require group and individual 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 medication approved by the Food and Drug Administration that is prescribed based on a finding by the treating physician that the medication is medically necessary for cancer treatment and is clinically appropriate in terms of type, frequency, extent site, and duration. To comply with this requirement, health plans may not, for 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.
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Timeline
Mar 7, 2017
Introduced in House
Mar 7, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Mar 17, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Dec 12, 2018

Latest Companion Bill Action

S 115-3742
Introduced in Senate
  • March 7, 2017
    Introduced in House


  • March 7, 2017
    Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.


  • March 17, 2017
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.


  • December 12, 2018

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    S 115-3742
    Introduced in Senate
Leonard Lance

Leonard Lance

Republican Representative

New Jersey

Cosponsors (175)
Brenda L. Lawrence (Democratic)Dwight Evans (Democratic)Thomas MacArthur (Republican)David Loebsack (Democratic)Daniel M. Donovan (Republican)Tim Ryan (Democratic)Clay Higgins (Republican)F. James Sensenbrenner (Republican)Tom O'Halleran (Democratic)John Katko (Republican)Elise M. Stefanik (Republican)John Garamendi (Democratic)Trent Kelly (Republican)Gregg Harper (Republican)Ruben Gallego (Democratic)Jared Huffman (Democratic)Steven M. Palazzo (Republican)Pete Olson (Republican)Adam B. Schiff (Democratic)Charles W. Dent (Republican)Joseph P. Kennedy (Democratic)Raúl M. Grijalva (Democratic)Randy Hultgren (Republican)Stephanie N. Murphy (Democratic)Don Young (Republican)Brett Guthrie (Republican)Mark Pocan (Democratic)Peter T. King (Republican)James R. Langevin (Democratic)Steve Stivers (Republican)Emanuel Cleaver (Democratic)Brian Higgins (Democratic)Jackie Speier (Democratic)Kathleen M. Rice (Democratic)Sheila Jackson Lee (Democratic)Derek Kilmer (Democratic)John A. Yarmuth (Democratic)Ben Ray Luján (Democratic)Carolyn B. Maloney (Democratic)Bill Foster (Democratic)Robert J. Wittman (Republican)John Abney Culberson (Republican)Eliot L. Engel (Democratic)Glenn Thompson (Republican)Tim Murphy (Republican)Bobby L. Rush (Democratic)Marsha Blackburn (Republican)Jimmy Panetta (Democratic)Carol Shea-Porter (Democratic)Eric Swalwell (Democratic)Michael F. Doyle (Democratic)Pete Sessions (Republican)Katherine M. Clark (Democratic)Steve Cohen (Democratic)Andy Biggs (Republican)Scott H. Peters (Democratic)Doug Collins (Republican)Paul Tonko (Democratic)David Young (Republican)Tim Walberg (Republican)Donald M. Payne (Democratic)Bruce Poliquin (Republican)Thomas R. Suozzi (Democratic)John P. Sarbanes (Democratic)Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (Republican)Rosa L. DeLauro (Democratic)Billy Long (Republican)Mike Bishop (Republican)Lucille Roybal-Allard (Democratic)Peter A. DeFazio (Democratic)Daniel T. Kildee (Democratic)Vicente Gonzalez (Democratic)Ted Lieu (Democratic)Michelle Lujan Grisham (Democratic)James B. Renacci (Republican)David B. McKinley (Republican)Greg Gianforte (Republican)Ro Khanna (Democratic)Lloyd Smucker (Republican)Barry Loudermilk (Republican)Gus M. Bilirakis (Republican)Walter B. Jones (Republican)Sean Patrick Maloney (Democratic)Paul Mitchell (Independent)A. Drew Ferguson (Republican)H. Morgan Griffith (Republican)Jody B. Hice (Republican)Bill Flores (Republican)Don Bacon (Republican)Brendan F. Boyle (Democratic)Christopher H. Smith (Republican)Matt Cartwright (Democratic)John B. Larson (Democratic)David P. Joyce (Republican)Fred Upton (Republican)Stephen F. Lynch (Democratic)Mark DeSaulnier (Democratic)Ted Poe (Republican)Timothy J. Walz (Democratic)Rodney Davis (Republican)Richard Hudson (Republican)Doris O. Matsui (Democratic)Trey Gowdy (Republican)Ryan A. Costello (Republican)David E. Price (Democratic)David G. Reichert (Republican)James A. Himes (Democratic)Theodore E. Deutch (Democratic)John Lewis (Democratic)Alma S. Adams (Democratic)Glenn Grothman (Republican)Kevin Cramer (Republican)Anna G. Eshoo (Democratic)Brian J. Mast (Republican)Ami Bera (Democratic)Mark Takano (Democratic)Luis V. Gutierrez (Democratic)John H. Rutherford (Republican)Pramila Jayapal (Democratic)Betty McCollum (Democratic)Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democratic)Austin Scott (Republican)Blaine Luetkemeyer (Republican)Mike Gallagher (Republican)Daniel Lipinski (Democratic)Larry Bucshon (Republican)Michael T. McCaul (Republican)Jamie Raskin (Democratic)Ruben J. Kihuen (Democratic)Elijah E. Cummings (Democratic)Mark E. Amodei (Republican)Lois Frankel (Democratic)Louise McIntosh Slaughter (Democratic)Scott DesJarlais (Republican)Diane Black (Republican)James P. McGovern (Democratic)Michael R. Turner (Republican)Ted S. Yoho (Republican)William R. Keating (Democratic)Jeff Fortenberry (Republican)Beto O'Rourke (Democratic)Yvette D. Clarke (Democratic)Vicky Hartzler (Republican)Brian K. Fitzpatrick (Republican)Earl Blumenauer (Democratic)Robert A. Brady (Democratic)Rodney P. Frelinghuysen (Republican)Robert E. Latta (Republican)Seth Moulton (Democratic)Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (Republican)Suzanne Bonamici (Democratic)Susan W. Brooks (Republican)David A. Trott (Republican)Tom Graves (Republican)Zoe Lofgren (Democratic)Scott R. Tipton (Republican)Kevin Yoder (Republican)Jenniffer González-Colón (Republican)Mike Coffman (Republican)Ralph Norman (Republican)Sean P. Duffy (Republican)John K. Delaney (Democratic)Cheri Bustos (Democratic)Bradley Scott Schneider (Democratic)Cathy McMorris Rodgers (Republican)Jack Bergman (Republican)Alcee L. Hastings (Democratic)Bill Johnson (Republican)Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Democratic)Gerald E. Connolly (Democratic)Barbara Comstock (Republican)Chellie Pingree (Democratic)Colleen Hanabusa (Democratic)Grace F. Napolitano (Democratic)Judy Chu (Democratic)

Health Subcommittee, Energy and Commerce Committee

Health

Related Bills

  • S 115-3742: A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to require group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans to provide for cost sharing for oral anticancer drugs on terms no less favorable than the cost sharing provided for anticancer medications administered by a health care provider.
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
CancerDrug therapyHealth care costs and insuranceHealth care coverage and accessPrescription drugs