S. 1566: Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act of 2015

114th Congress · introduced 2015-06-11 · Health · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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Where it came from: introduced 2015-06-11 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
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Official title

Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act of 2015

Plain summary

Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act of 2015 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require a group or individual health plan that covers anticancer medications administered by a health care provider to provide no less favorable coverage for anticancer medications administered by a patient. A plan may apply to patient-administered anticancer medications only the cost-sharing and limitations that apply to anticancer medications administered by a health care provider. These requirements apply 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 these requirements, 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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Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act of 2015

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Sponsor: Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL] · 21 cosponsors

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Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Susan M. Collins (R-ME), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY), Michael F. Bennet (D-CO), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Roger F. Wicker (R-MS), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Christopher A. Coons (D-DE), Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114s1566.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/s>

Record fed-us-cong114-s1566 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114