Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act of 2009
Latest action · Jun 11, 2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 12, 2009
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act of 2009 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require a group health plan providing benefits for intravenously administered or injected cancer medications to provide no less favorable coverage for prescribed, orally administered anticancer medication used to kill or slow the growth of cancerous cells.
Applies such requirement to individual health insurance coverage.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 20, 2009 to Jul 29, 2010.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Steve Israel | May 20, 2009 | |
| D-PA | Joe Sestak | Sep 10, 2009 | |
| D-WA | Brian Baird | Sep 25, 2009 | |
| R-IA | Tom Latham | Oct 1, 2009 | |
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Jul 29, 2010 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred May 12, 2009 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred May 13, 2009 | |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred May 12, 2009 |
| Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee | Referred Jun 11, 2009 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred May 12, 2009 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 11, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
- May 13, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- May 12, 2009Introduced in House
- May 12, 2009Referred to House Energy and Commerce
- May 12, 2009Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- May 12, 2009Referred to House Education and Labor
- May 12, 2009Referred to House Ways and Means
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E926 | Brian Higgins D-NY | May 25, 2010 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 111-1068 | NHTSA OVERSIGHT: AN EXAMINATION OF THE HIGHWAY SAFETY PROVISIONS OF SAFETEA-LU121 pages | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Sep 28, 2010 |
| S. Hrg. 111-693 | GREEN HOUSING FOR THE 21ST CENTURY: RETROFITTING THE PAST AND BUILDING AN ENERGY-EFFICIENT FUTURE77 pages | Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee | Jun 30, 2010 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans to provide for coverage of oral cancer drugs on terms no less favorable than the coverage provided for intravenously administered anticancer medications.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act of 2009
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 12, 2009Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
