To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require a group health plan (or health insurance coverage offered in connection with such a plan) to provide for cost-sharing for oral anticancer drugs on terms no less favorable than the cost-sharing provided for anticancer medications administered by a health care provider.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require a group health plan (or health insurance coverage offered in connection with such a plan) to provide for cost-sharing for oral anticancer drugs on terms no less favorable than the cost-sharing provided for anticancer medications administered by a health care provider., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Finance, Agriculture.
Who Benefits and How
health care providers and patients may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, health care providers and patients may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H9ABB76C12DB144C1BB36DD94343AF00E: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Cancer Drug Parity Act of 2023.
- Section H6870C960192F455FA5ABE93DF0B45066: 2. Parity in cost-sharing for oral anticancer drugs The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 is amended by inserting after section 725 of such Act...
- Section HAB8C549F2BF24D38A960716D4366CF6D: 726. Parity in cost-sharing for oral anticancer drugs Subject to subsection (b), a group health plan (or health insurance coverage offered in connection with...
- Section H016DF742C19045BAA9D0077F0BBFCCCD: 3. GAO study Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall— complete a study that assesses...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require a group health plan (or health insurance coverage offered in connection with such a plan) to provide for cost-sharing for oral anticancer drugs on terms no less favorable than the cost-sharing provided for anticancer medications administered by a health care provider., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Key Policy Areas
Healthcare, Finance, Agriculture
Primary Purpose
This bill, To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require a group health plan (or health insurance coverage offered in connection with such a plan) to provide for cost-sharing for oral anticancer drugs on terms no less favorable than the cost-sharing provided for anticancer medications administered by a health care provider., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- health care providers and patients
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- health care providers and patients
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Grothman (for himself, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Higgins …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "federal_implementing_agencies"
- → Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill
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