H.R. 1409: Cancer Drug Parity Act of 2017
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H.R. 1409: Cancer Drug Parity Act of 2017
115th Congress · introduced 2017-03-07 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2017-03-07 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Lance, Leonard [R-NJ-7] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Cancer Drug Parity Act of 2017
Plain summary
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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Official text
Cancer Drug Parity Act of 2017
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Lance, Leonard [R-NJ-7] · 175 cosponsors
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Cosponsors on this site
Bill Foster (D-IL), Pete Sessions (R-TX), John Garamendi (D-CA), Robert J. Wittman (R-VA), Katherine M. Clark (D-MA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Robert E. Latta (R-OH), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Scott H. Peters (D-CA), H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Lloyd Smucker (R-PA), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Don Bacon (R-NE), Betty McCollum (D-MN) and 115 more.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hr1409.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr>
Record fed-us-cong115-hr1409 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115