Bill Title: Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance or managed care plan that is amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or after January 1, 2025 (rather than after the effective date of the amendatory Act) that provides coverage for the treatment of cancer shall not apply a higher standard of clinical evidence for the coverage of proton beam therapy than the insurer applies for the coverage of any other form of radiation therapy treatment. Provides that a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance or managed care plan that is amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or after January 1, 2025 (rather than after the effective date of the amendatory Act) that provides coverage or benefits to any resident of the State for radiation oncology shall include coverage or benefits for medically necessary proton beam therapy for the treatment of cancer (rather than for physician-prescribed proton beam therapy for the treatment of cancer as recommended by the patient's physician). Defines "medically necessary". Effective January 1, 2024.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2023-07-28 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0325 [HB2799 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

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Voting Records

Chamber	Vote	Date	Yea	Nay	NV	Abs	Total	Result	Source	View
Senate	Motion in Senate	2023-05-11	56	0	3	0	59	Passed	Link	View
House	Third Reading in House	2023-03-22	111	0	1	2	114	Passed	Link	View

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