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S.1879: Cancer Treatment Parity Act of 2013
About This Bill
- This bill was introduced in the 113th Congress
- This bill is primarily about health
- Introduced Dec. 19, 2013
- Latest Major Action Dec. 19, 2013
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Bill Summary
Cancer Treatment Parity Act of 2013 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code to require a group or individual health plan providing benefits with respect to anticancer medications administered by a health care provider to provide no less favorable coverage for prescribed, patient-administered anticancer medications used to kill, slow, or prevent the...
(Source: Library of Congress)
Bill Actions
| Date | Description |
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| Dec. 19, 2013 |
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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| Dec. 19, 2013 |
Introduced in the Senate by Al Franken (D-Minn.) |