Metastatic Cancer Drug Side Effects/Ins. Coverage

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

This Act requires that individual, blanket, and group health insurance carriers cover drug treatment for the associated conditions of metastatic cancer in the same way treatment for metastatic cancer is covered. Specifically, it requires insurance companies to cover any FDA approved drug prescribed to treat the side effects of metastatic cancer treatment and prohibits insurance companies from mandating that patients first fail to respond to a different drug or prove a history of failure of such drug. Technical changes are also made to comply with the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.

Every action

7 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

1. Apr 11, 2024CommitteeIntroduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House · House Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce
2. Apr 16, 2024CommitteeReported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 5 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits · House Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce
3. Jun 11, 2024HousePassed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT39–0 vote
4. Jun 11, 2024CommitteeAssigned to Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology Committee in Senate · Senate Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology
5. Jun 18, 2024CommitteeReported Out of Committee (Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits · Senate Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology
6. Jun 25, 2024SenatePassed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
7. Aug 2, 2024GovernorSigned by Governor

Roll calls

2 recorded votes: 2 on the floor, 0 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 9 cosponsors: 8 Democrats, 1 Republican.

• CR Cyndie RomerD Primary sponsor · District 25
• SD Sherry Dorsey WalkerD Joint sponsor · District 3
• WB William BushD Joint sponsor · District 29
• NP Nicole PooreD Joint sponsor · District 12