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Bill Title: As introduced, mandates that any insurer that provides health insurance coverage for cancer chemotherapy treatment must provide coverage for a prescribed, orally administered anticancer medication used to kill or slow the growth of cancerous cells. - Amends TCA Title 56.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-28 - Rec. for pass. w/ am., ref. to S. Cal. Comm. Ayes 5, Nays 2 PNV 2 [SB1985 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [PDF]

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Vote: S. C,L&A COMM.: Recommended for passage w/amendments- refer to: S. Cal. Comm.

Vote	Tally	Democrat	Republican
Yea	5	2	3
Nay	2	1	1
Not Voting	2	-	2
Absent	-	-	-
TOTAL	9	3	6

Result: Passed

Name	Yea	Nay	NV	Absent	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Sen. Beavers, Mae [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Burks, Charlotte [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Faulk, Mike [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Gresham, Dolores R. [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Johnson, Jack [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Southerland, Steve [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Stewart, Mike [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Tate, Reginald [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Tracy, Jim [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart