An Act to Amend Title 18 of the Delaware Code Relating to Insurance Coverage of Certain Cancer Treatments.
It became law on Sep 20, 2017.
- Stage
- Became law
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- +26
- Latest action
- Sep 20, 2017
What it does
This Act requires health insurance policies to cover any medically appropriate drug approved by the FDA for the treatment of stage 4 metastatic cancer without requiring a patient to first prove that the patient failed to respond to a different drug or drugs. This Act is based on a similar bill in Georgia that was inspired by President Jimmy Carter’s recent battle with cancer.
Where it stands
This bill passed and is now law.
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Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
- Brian J. Bushweller
- Bryan Townsend
- Dave Sokola
- David B. McBride
- Joseph E. Miro
- Mike Ramone
- Pete Schwartzkopf
- Val Longhurst
- Andria L. Bennett
- Bryon H. Short
- Dave Wilson
- David Bentz
- Deborah Hudson
- Debra Heffernan
- Earl G. Jaques Jr.
- Ed Osienski
- Ernesto B. Lopez
- James Johnson
- Jeff Spiegelman
- John A. Kowalko
- Kim Williams
- Margaret Rose Henry
- Quinton Johnson
- Ron Gray
- Ruth Briggs King
- Sean Lynn
- Sean Matthews
- Stephanie Hansen
- Trey Paradee
- William R. Outten
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Where it goes next
It is law in Delaware. What happens now is up to the agency that carries it out, the courts, and the place itself.