Health Insurance - Step Therapy or Fail-First Protocols - Drugs to Treat Associated Conditions of Advanced Metastatic Cancer

What it does

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

Prohibiting certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations from imposing a step therapy or fail-first protocol for certain prescription drugs prescribed by a treating physician to treat a symptom of or side effect from the treatment of stage four metastatic cancer; etc.

Every action

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

1. Mar 31, 2025SenateThird Reading Passed (47-0)47–0 vote
2. Apr 1, 2025CommitteeReferred Rules and Executive Nominations · House of Delegates Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
3. Apr 2, 2025CommitteeRereferred to Health and Government Operations · House of Delegates Health and Government Operations Committee
4. Apr 3, 2025CommitteeFavorable Report by Health and Government Operations · House of Delegates Health and Government Operations Committee
5. Apr 3, 2025House of DelegatesFavorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
6. Apr 7, 2025House of DelegatesThird Reading Passed (136-1)136–1 vote
7. Apr 7, 2025SenateReturned Passed
8. May 20, 2025GovernorApproved by the Governor - Chapter 707

Roll calls

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

Committee and other votes

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

• Dawn GileD Primary sponsor · District 33