H.R. 1801 · 113th Congress · 2013–2014
Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act of 2013
H.R. 1801 in the 113th Congress (2013–2014) was introduced on Apr 26, 2013, sponsored by Brian Higgins with 92 co-sponsors.
During the 113th Congress (2013–2014), Barack Obama was president, and Republicans held the House majority and Democrats the Senate majority.
- Status
- Introduced
- Introduced
- Apr 26, 2013
- Co-sponsors
- 92
- Policy area
- Health
What it does
Cancer Drug Coverage 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,…
Summary by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service.
Sponsor
Brian Higgins (D-NY). Co-sponsors: 77 Democrats, 15 Republicans.
Where it stands
- IntroducedApr 26, 2013
- Passed the House—
- Passed the Senate—
- Sent to the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. (Jul 8, 2013)
Other Health bills in the 113th Congress
- H.R. 307: Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2013
- S. 622: Animal Drug and Animal Generic Drug User Fee Reauthorization Act of 2013
- H.R. 2094: School Access to Emergency Epinephrine Act
- S. 330: HIV Organ Policy Equity Act
- S. 252: PREEMIE Reauthorization Act
- H.R. 3204: Drug Quality and Security Act
- H.R. 3527: Poison Center Network Act
- H.R. 4302: Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014
- H.R. 2019: Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act
- S. 1557: Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2013
Committees
- Education and the Workforce Committee
- Ways and Means Committee
- Energy and Commerce Committee
More
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