State Cancer Laws

AL H 147

AUTHOR:    Fite (D)
TITLE:    Health
INTRODUCED:    02/03/2009
ENACTED:    04/30/2009
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Chaptered
ACT:    2009-320

SUMMARY:
Provides Medicaid eligibility for women who have been screened for and diagnosed with breast or cervical cancer by any health care provider or entity that receives direct payment for screening services by National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program funds, is funded at least in part by NBCCEDP funds for screening services, or is not funded at all by NBCCEDP funds but is part of the Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program and operates consistently within its guidelines.

STATUS: 
04/30/2009   Signed by GOVERNOR.
04/30/2009   Act No. 2009-320

AL H 410

AUTHOR:    Vance (D)
TITLE:    Prosthetics and Orthotics
INTRODUCED:    02/05/2009
ENACTED:    04/28/2009
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Chaptered
ACT:    2009-300

SUMMARY:                                 
Authorize the State Board of Prosthetists and Orthotists to develop requirements and establish fees for mastectomy fitters; provides further for the membership on the board and the quorum of the board; provides for fees for retired or out-of-state licensees; provides further for the grounds for disciplinary action including fraud, immorality, habitual drug use, certain criminal convictions, negligence, and insurance billing irregularities which constitute fraud.

STATUS:            
04/28/2009    Signed by GOVERNOR.
04/28/2009    Act No. 2009-300

AL HJR 209

AUTHOR:    Coleman M (D)
TITLE:    Minority Cancer Awareness Week
INTRODUCED:    02/24/2009
ENACTED:    04/29/2009
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Chaptered
ACT:    2009-313

SUMMARY:                                 
Designates the week of April 19-26, 2009, as the Minority Cancer Awareness Week in Alabama.

STATUS:                                     
04/29/2009    Signed by GOVERNOR.
04/29/2009    Act No. 2009-313

AL SJR 102

AUTHOR:    Bedford (D)
TITLE:    Cancer Screenings
INTRODUCED:    04/07/2009
ENACTED:    05/22/2009
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Chaptered
ACT:    2009-803

SUMMARY:
Urges the Centers for Disease Control to award a grant to the Alabama Department of Public Health to integrate colorectal cancer screenings into the Alabama Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program.

STATUS:
05/22/2009    Signed by GOVERNOR.
05/22/2009    Act No. 2009-803

AR H 1031 

AUTHOR:     Allen (D)
TITLE:    Health Benefit Plans to Provide Prostate Screening
INTRODUCED:    01/12/2009
ENACTED:    02/05/2009
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Chaptered
ACT:    75

SUMMARY:
Requires that health benefit plans shall provide prostate cancer screening for men 40 years of age and over.

STATUS:
02/05/2009    Signed by GOVERNOR.

AR H 1363 

AUTHOR:    Burris M (D)
TITLE:    Cancer Medication Insurance Coverage
INTRODUCED:    02/04/2009
ENACTED:    02/26/2009
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Chaptered
ACT:    270

SUMMARY:
Clarifies standards for insurance coverage for cancer medications; provides the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services or the Insurance Commissioner with the discretion to define authoritative compendia to use for guidance in identifying which drugs require coverage.

STATUS:
02/26/2009    Signed by GOVERNOR.
02/26/2009    Act No. 270

AR H 1377

AUTHOR:    Allen (D)
TITLE:    Cervical Cancer Task Force
INTRODUCED:    02/04/2009
ENACTED:    03/03/2009
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Chaptered
ACT:    280

SUMMARY:
Enhances the expertise of the Cervical Cancer Task Force; redefines the focus of the Cervical Cancer Task Force; revises the task force's membership and mission requirements.

STATUS:
03/03/2009    Signed by GOVERNOR.

AR H 1743 

AUTHOR:    Maloch (D)
TITLE:    Skin Cancer Education
INTRODUCED:    03/02/2009
ENACTED:    04/06/2009
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Chaptered
ACT:    902

SUMMARY:
Makes an appropriation to the Department of Health for grants to organizations dedicated to increasing the awareness of skin cancer by educating State citizens about the risk, detection, prevention and effective treatment of skin cancer.

STATUS:
04/07/2009    Act No. 902

AR S 699

AUTHOR:     Bookout P (D)
TITLE:     University Funds
INTRODUCED:     03/02/2009
ENACTED:     04/07/2009
DISPOSITION:     Enacted
LOCATION:     Chaptered
ACT:     1138

SUMMARY:
Makes an appropriation to the university of Arkansas for medical sciences for the purchase of equipment for the cancer institute.

STATUS:                                     
04/08/2009    Act No. 1138

AR S 730

AUTHOR:     Elliott (D)
TITLE:     University Funds
INTRODUCED:     03/02/2009
ENACTED:     04/08/2009
DISPOSITION:     Enacted
LOCATION:     Chaptered
ACT:     1265

SUMMARY:
Makes an appropriation to the University of Arkansas for medical sciences for colorectal cancer screening and research for the 2009-2010 fiscal year.

STATUS:                                     
04/08/2009    Signed by GOVERNOR.
04/08/2009    Act No. 1265

AR S 947

AUTHOR:     Elliott (D)
TITLE:     Colorectal Cancer Prevention Early Detection
INTRODUCED:     03/09/2009
ENACTED:     04/09/2009
DISPOSITION:     Enacted
LOCATION:     Chaptered
ACT:     1374

SUMMARY:
Enacts the Colorectal Cancer Prevention, Early Detection, and Treatment Act of 2009; creates in the Department of Health the Colorectal Cancer Prevention, Early Detection, and Treatment Program to fund a statewide screening program for underserved and high-risk individuals.

STATUS:                                     
04/13/2009    Act No. 1374

CA AJR 11 

AUTHOR:      Furutani (D)
TITLE:     National Multicultural Cancer Awareness Week
INTRODUCED:     03/25/2009
ADOPTED:     06/16/2009
DISPOSITION:     Adopted
LOCATION:     Chaptered
CHAPTER:     52

SUMMARY:
Designates the week of April 19 to 25, 2009, as National Multicultural Cancer Awareness Week.

STATUS:
06/16/2009    Chaptered by Secretary of State.
06/16/2009    Resolution Chapter No. 52

CA SCR 14

AUTHOR:      Aanestad (R)
TITLE:    Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
INTRODUCED:    02/11/2009
ADOPTED:    07/16/2009
DISPOSITION:    Adopted
LOCATION:    Chaptered
CHAPTER:    73

SUMMARY:  
Designates the month of September 2009 as Prostate Cancer Awareness Month.

STATUS:                                    
07/16/2009    Chaptered by Secretary of State.
07/16/2009    Resolution Chapter No. 73

CA SCR 7 

AUTHOR:      Lowenthal A (D)
TITLE:    Pancreatic Cancer
INTRODUCED:    04/20/2009
ADOPTED:    08/24/2009
DISPOSITION:    Adopted
LOCATION:    Chaptered
CHAPTER:    85

SUMMARY:                                
Urges the President and Congress to expand federally funded research efforts aimed at developing a reliable means of detecting pancreatic cancer in its early stages.

STATUS:                                    
08/24/2009    Chaptered by Secretary of State.
08/24/2009    Resolution Chapter No. 85

CA A 5 d

AUTHOR:    Evans (D)
TITLE:    Health
INTRODUCED:    07/02/2009
ENACTED:    07/28/2009
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Chaptered
CHAPTER:    5

SUMMARY:                                
Relates to intermediate care facility/developmentally disabled-continuous nursing facilities, adult residential facilities for persons with special health care needs, lead-based paint removal, the genetically handicapped persons program, discount prescription drug program, Medi-Cal children's and aged, blind, and disabled persons benefits, Medi-Cal fee for service contracts, Medi-Cal mental health services, Medi-Cal AIDs and cancer drug benefits, skilled nursing facilities, and in-home services.

STATUS:                                    
07/28/2009    Signed by GOVERNOR.
07/28/2009    Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter No. 5

AUTHOR: Portantino (D)
TITLE: Health Care Coverage: Mammographies
INTRODUCED: 01/13/2009
VETOED: 09/29/2010
DISPOSITION: Vetoed
LOCATION: Vetoed

SUMMARY: 
Provides that health care service plan contracts and individual and group policies of health insurance, issued, amended, delivered, or renewed on or after a specified date, shall be deemed to provide coverage for mammographies for screening or diagnostic purposes upon referral of a participating nurse practitioner, certified nurse-midwife, physician assistant, or physician.

STATUS: 
09/29/2010 Vetoed by GOVERNOR.

CA S 148 

AUTHOR:    Oropeza (D)
TITLE:    Mammogram Machines: Inspection: Posting of Results
INTRODUCED:    02/12/2009
ENACTED:    10/11/2009
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Chaptered
CHAPTER:    169

SUMMARY:                                 
Relates to the Radiation Protection Act that sets forth duties of various agencies relating to the protection of the public health and safety from the harmful effects of radiation and the licensing and regulation of radiation technology and that violations are a misdemeanor. Requires a facility that operates a mammogram machine to post notices of serious violations in an area that is visible to patients. Provides the maximum time period for the posting of these notices.

STATUS:                                   
10/11/2009    Signed by GOVERNOR.
10/11/2009    Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter No. 169

CA A 359 

AUTHOR:    Nava (D)
TITLE:    Breast and Cervical Cancer: Mammography: Reimbursement
INTRODUCED:    02/23/2009
ENACTED:    10/11/2009
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Chaptered
CHAPTER:    435

SUMMARY:                             
Relates to the Medi-Cal Program and a state Department of Public Health grant program that provides breast and cervical cancer early detection screening for eligible persons. Authorizes, to the extent permitted by federal law, digital mammography screening to be covered when analog mammography services are not available from the provider, to be reimbursed at the Medi-Cal film or analog rate.

STATUS:                                
10/11/2009    Signed by GOVERNOR.
10/11/2009    Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter No. 435

CA A 896

AUTHOR:    Galgiani (D)
TITLE:    Health Care Programs: Provider Reimbursement Rates
INTRODUCED:    02/26/2009
ENACTED:    10/11/2009
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Chaptered
CHAPTER:    260

SUMMARY:                                
Extends the repeal date of existing law requiring care provider payment rates under the Children's Services Program, Genetically Handicapped Person's Program, Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program, State-only Family Planning Program, and the Family Planning, Access, Care, and Treatment Waiver Program to be identical to Medi-Cal rates of payment for the same service. Exempts hospital interim rates of payment which existing law requires to be 90% of Medi-cal hospital inpatient rates.

STATUS:                                   
10/11/2009    Signed by GOVERNOR.
10/11/2009    Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter No. 260

CO H 1164

SPONSOR:    Primavera (D)
TITLE:    Surcharge Breast Cancer Special Plates
INTRODUCED:    01/14/2009
ENACTED:    05/04/2009
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Signed by Governor

SUMMARY:                                 
Adds a surcharge to the cost of a new or replacement breast cancer awareness special license plate or to renew such plate; allocates the surcharge to a new account within the breast and cervical cancer prevention and treatment fund to pay for the costs to expand eligibility for participation in the breast and cervical cancer prevention and treatment program under the State Medical Assistance Act to women who are screened by providers who do not receive federal funds.

STATUS:                                     
05/04/2009    Signed by GOVERNOR.

CO H 1202

SPONSOR:    Primavera (D)
TITLE:    Insurance Coverage Chemotherapy Treatment
INTRODUCED:    01/25/2010
ENACTED:    04/15/2010
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Chaptered
CHAPTER:    91

SUMMARY:
Requires a health benefit plan that covers cancer chemotherapy treatment to provide coverage for prescribed, orally administered anticancer medication at a cost to the patient at the same copayment percentage or relative coinsurance amount as is applied to the cost of other cancer medications.

STATUS:                                      
04/26/2010    Session Law Chaptered. Chapter No. 91

CO H 1204

SPONSOR:    Massey (R)
TITLE:    Priority Preventive Health Services
INTRODUCED:    01/29/2009
ENACTED:    06/01/2009
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Chaptered
CHAPTER:    344

SUMMARY:
Expands required coverage for preventive health care services to include alcohol misuse screening, intervention by an outpatient primary care provider, cervical cancer screening, mammograms, cholesterol screening, colorectal cancer screening, childhood immunizations, influenza vaccinations, pneumococcal vaccinations, and tobacco use screening and intervention by an outpatient provider; requires disclosure by insurers to persons with catastrophic health insurance coverage regarding mandated benefits.

STATUS:                 
06/10/2009   Session Law Chaptered. Chapter No. 344

CO H 1252

SPONSOR:    Primavera (D)
TITLE:    Breast Cancer Screening With Mammography
INTRODUCED:    02/03/2010
ENACTED:    05/17/2010
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Chaptered
CHAPTER:    226

SUMMARY:                                   
Requires that breast cancer screening with mammography be individualized for each patient and that if a health care provider deems it to be medically appropriate, a breast cancer screening shall be a covered benefit.

STATUS:
05/28/2010    Session Law Chaptered. Chapter No. 226

CO H 1355

SPONSOR:    Gagliardi (D)
TITLE:    Off Label Use of Cancer Drugs
INTRODUCED:    03/04/2010
ENACTED:    05/17/2010
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Chaptered
CHAPTER:    229

SUMMARY:                                         
Prohibits a health benefit plan from limiting or excluding coverage for a drug that is approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of one specific type of cancer on the basis that the drug has not been approved for another specific type of cancer if the drug is recognized for treatment for that cancer in the specified reference compendia.

STATUS:                                           
05/28/2010    Session Law Chaptered. Chapter No. 229

CO S 172 

SPONSOR:    Steadman (D)
TITLE:    Expiring Income Tax Checkoffs
INTRODUCED:    02/26/2010
ENACTED:    04/29/2010
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Chaptered
CHAPTER:    186

SUMMARY:                                         
Concerns the continuation of voluntary contribution designation lines on state individual income tax forms for certain funds set to expire; continues voluntary contributions to the Domestic Abuse Program Fund, the Pet Overpopulation Fund, and the Breast and Women's Reproductive Cancers Fund.

STATUS:                                           

CO S 262

SPONSOR:    White (R)
TITLE:    Breast and Cervical Cancer Program Costs
INTRODUCED:    04/06/2009
ENACTED:    05/01/2009
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Signed by Governor

SUMMARY:                                 
(Budget Package Bill) Concerns the funding source for state costs of the Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Program, and makes an appropriation therefor.

STATUS:                                     
05/01/2009   Signed by GOVERNOR. 

CO SJR 11

SPONSOR:    Boyd (D)
TITLE:    Breast Cancer Screening
INTRODUCED:    02/05/2010
ENACTED:    02/11/2010
DISPOSITION:    Adopted
LOCATION:    Adopted

SUMMARY:                                                  
Concerns opposition to the recommendations issued by the United States preventive services task force regarding breast cancer screening.

STATUS:                                                     
02/11/2010    Passed HOUSE and SENATE

CT S 458

INTRODUCER:    Joint Committee on Insurance and Real Estate
TITLE:    Mammographic Breast Density
INTRODUCED:    01/22/2009
ENACTED:    05/20/2009
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Chaptered
CHAPTER #:    41

SUMMARY:                                 
Requires communication of mammographic breast density information to patients; provides for information to patients about breast density for the early detection of breast cancer; relates to required insurance coverage and notification.

STATUS:                                     
05/20/2009    Signed by GOVERNOR.
05/20/2009    Public Act No. 41

CT H 5027

INTRODUCER:    Joint Committee on Higher Education and Employment Advancement
TITLE:    University of Connecticut
INTRODUCED:    02/03/2010
ENACTED:    06/03/2010
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Chaptered
CHAPTER #:    10-104

SUMMARY:                          
Establishes the University of Connecticut health network and the Connecticut bioscience initiative; authorizes bonds; relates to the Children's Medical Center and John Dempsey Hospital bed capacity; relates to a neonatal intensive care unit, a cancer center, clinical trials and advance patient care.

STATUS:                             
06/03/2010    Signed by GOVERNOR.
06/03/2010    Public Act No. 10-104

CT H 5282

INTRODUCER:    Joint Committee on Labor and Public Employees
TITLE:    Workers' Compensation
INTRODUCED:    02/19/2010
ENACTED:    05/18/2010
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Chaptered
CHAPTER #:    10-37

SUMMARY:                                     
Provides that for the purpose of adjudication of workers' compensation claims, a member of a paid municipal or volunteer firefighter, a municipal police officer or constable or a member of a volunteer ambulance service is eligible for benefits for any disease arising in the course of employment, including hepatitis, meningococcal meningitis, tuberculosis, Kahler's Disease, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and prostate or testicular cancer that results in death or temporary or permanent disability.

STATUS:                                        
05/18/2010    Public Act No. 10-37

CT H 7005 d

INTRODUCER:    Donovan (D)
TITLE:    Human Services
INTRODUCED:    09/24/2009
ENACTED:    10/05/2009
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Chaptered
CHAPTER #:    5

SUMMARY:                                                                            
Relates to medical assistance fraud, Medicaid coverage for eligible aliens, the Children's Trust Fund, relative caregivers, child abuse and neglect prevention, health and intermediate care facility rates and medication administration, ConnPACE and Medicaid eligibility, mental health drugs prescribing, nursing home care, dental services, older adult fall prevention programs, Medicaid breast and cervical cancer treatment, Medicaid managed care, child welfare and placement, and low-income energy assistance.

STATUS:                                                                               
10/13/2009    Public Act No. 5

CT S 50

INTRODUCER:    Joint Committee on Insurance and Real Estate
TITLE:    Oral Chemotherapy Treatments
INTRODUCED:    02/03/2010
ENACTED:    05/18/2010
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Chaptered
CHAPTER #:    10-63

SUMMARY:                                     
Concerns oral chemotherapy treatments; requires orally-administered anticancer medications to be covered on the same basis as intravenously administered or injected anticancer medications; prohibits the reclassification of anticancer medications or increases in coinsurance, copayments, deductibles or other out-of-pocket expenses for such medications.

STATUS:                                        
05/18/2010    Public Act No. 10-63

DE H 228

PRIMARY SPONSOR:    Oberle (R)
TITLE:    Ovarian Cancer Tax Checkoff
INTRODUCED:    06/16/2009
ENACTED:    09/01/2009
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Chaptered
CHAPTER:    209

SUMMARY:                                                           
Creates a tax check-off for taxpayers to designate donations to the state Ovarian Cancer Education and Research Fund.

STATUS:                                                              
09/01/2009    Signed by GOVERNOR.
09/01/2009    Chapter Number 209

DE S 103

PRIMARY SPONSOR:    Cloutier (R)
TITLE:    Melanoma and Skin Care Detection and Prevention Month
INTRODUCED:    05/13/2009
ENACTED:    05/27/2009
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Chaptered
CHAPTER:    35

SUMMARY:
Establishes May as Melanoma and Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month in the State.

STATUS:                                      
05/27/2009    Signed by GOVERNOR.
05/27/2009    Chapter Number 35

DC B 278

SPONSOR:    Cheh (D)
TITLE:    Chemotherapy Pill Coverage
INTRODUCED:    05/05/2009
ENACTED:    12/17/2009
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Chaptered
CHAPTER #:    98

SUMMARY:                                
Requires individual and group health plans and health insurers to provide coverage for prescribed, orally administered chemotherapy medication in a manner no more restrictive than treatment offered for intravenously administered or injected cancer medications.

STATUS:                                   
12/17/2009    In CONGRESS. Passed Congressional Review Period.
12/17/2009    Assigned Law Number 98

FL H 341

IDENTICAL:    FL S 1022
AUTHOR:    Coley M (R)
TITLE:    Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
INTRODUCED:    03/02/2010
ENACTED:    05/14/2010
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Chaptered
CHAPTER:    85

SUMMARY:                                      
Relates to H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute; revises provisions relating to establishment of institute and specifies primary responsibilities; conforms provisions relating to the agreement for use of facilities; specifies that the corporation and its not-for-profit subsidiaries shall conclusively act as instrumentalities of state for purposes of sovereign immunity; authorizes the use of land, facilities, and personnel for teaching and research programs.

STATUS:                                          
05/14/2010    Signed by GOVERNOR.
05/14/2010    Filed as Chapter No. 85

FL H 889

COMPARE:    FL H 593, FL H 861, FL S 620, FL S 1954
IDENTICAL:    FL H 947, FL S 2100
AUTHOR:    Adkins (R)
TITLE:    Biomedical and Social Research
INTRODUCED:    03/02/2010
ENACTED:    05/07/2010
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Chaptered
CHAPTER:    34

SUMMARY:                                          
Relates to biomedical research; repeals existing law relating to the Center of Health Technologies, the Biomedical and Social Research Act; relates to the Center for Universal Research to Eradicate Disease; repeals a provision of existing law relating to the Cervical Cancer Elimination Task Force, the Cancer Council; transfers and amends the provision of existing law relating to the Cancer Council mission and duties to conform to changes made by this act; amends certain cancer research programs.

STATUS:                                             
05/07/2010     Signed by GOVERNOR.
05/07/2010     Filed as Chapter No. 34

FL H 5311 

COMPARE:    FL H 593, FL H 861, FL H 935, FL H 1143, FL H 1503, FL H 5001, FL H 7183, FL S 620, FL S 752, FL S 1256, FL S 1954, FL S 2100, FL S 2138, FL S 2434, FL S 2556, FL S 2700
AUTHOR:    House Health Care Appropriations Committee
TITLE:    Department of Health
INTRODUCED:    03/17/2010
ENACTED:    05/28/2010
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Chaptered
CHAPTER:    161

SUMMARY:             
Relates to the Department of Health to include motor vehicle infractions moneys to the Emergency Medical Services Trust Fund for trauma center reimbursement, biomedical and tobacco-related and cancer-related research, funding to eradicate disease, emergency preparedness and disaster response, food service manager certification, wholesale distribution of prescription drugs, tuberculosis services plan, graduate medical education, temporary certification to practice medicine, and the center for nursing.

STATUS:                
05/28/2010    Filed as Chapter No. 161

FL S 1664

COMPARE:    FL H 5109
AUTHOR:    Peaden (R)
TITLE:    Biomedical Research Trust Funds
INTRODUCED:    03/03/2009
ENACTED:    05/27/2009
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Chaptered
CHAPTER:    58

SUMMARY:                                 
Relates to distribution of funds deposited into the Alcoholic Beverage and Tobacco Trust Fund, reserved for research and transferred to the Biomedical Research Trust Fund; provides for a smoking cessation initiative; provides for a cancer research program; provides that certain funds shall be reserved for research of tobacco-related or cancer-related illnesses; provides for specified funds to be used for a cancer research facility at the University of South Florida.

STATUS:                                     
05/27/2009    Signed by GOVERNOR.
05/27/2009    Filed as Chapter No. 58

FL H 1269

IDENTICAL:    FL S 1880
AUTHOR:    Homan (R)
TITLE:    Breast Cancer Detection and Screening
INTRODUCED:    03/03/2009
ENACTED:    06/03/2009
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Chaptered
CHAPTER:    120

SUMMARY:                                          
Establishes a breast cancer early detection and treatment referral program within the Department of Health to promote referrals for the screening, detection, and treatment of breast cancer among unserved or underserved populations; requires the department to provide information regarding breast cancer and referrals for screening and treatment.

STATUS:                                            
06/03/2009     Signed by GOVERNOR.
06/03/2009     Filed as Chapter No. 120

FL S 1678

COMPARE:    FL H 7197
AUTHOR:    Senate Higher Education Committee
TITLE:    Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
INTRODUCED:    03/02/2010
ENACTED:    06/03/2010
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Chaptered
CHAPTER:    194

SUMMARY:                                      
Relates to Open Government Sunset Review and the Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute; repeals a provision relating to an exemption from public records requirements for certain records held by the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute; saves the exemption from repeal under the Open Government Sunset Review Act; removes the scheduled repeal of the exemption.

STATUS:                                         
06/03/2010    Filed as Chapter No. 194

FL S 1868

COMPARE:    FL H 433, FL H 651, FL H 7131, FL S 1986, FL S 2286
AUTHOR:    Peaden (R)
TITLE:    Prescribed Drugs
INTRODUCED:    03/03/2009
ENACTED:    06/18/2009
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Chaptered
CHAPTER:    202

SUMMARY:                                  
Relates to prescribed drugs; authorizes the use of an institutional formulary system in a Class 1 institutional pharmacy at which all medicinal drugs are administered from individual prescription containers to the patient and drugs are not dispensed on the premises; revises a related definition for regulating insurance coverage of drugs used in the treatment of cancer; revises provisions regarding verification of information on written prescriptions; relates to orthotics and pedorthics.

STATUS:                                    
06/18/2009    Signed by GOVERNOR.
06/18/2009    Filed as Chapter No. 202

GA H 509

AUTHOR:    Cooper (R)
TITLE:    Physicians
INTRODUCED:    02/19/2009
ENACTED:    05/11/2009
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Chaptered
ACT:    243

SUMMARY:                                 
Regulates physicians, acupuncture, physician's assistants, cancer and glaucoma treatment, respiratory care, clinical perfusionists, orthotics and prosthetics practice; requires individuals regulated under Chapter 34 of said title to notify the board upon the conviction of a felony; provides for the suspension and reinstatement under certain circumstances of a license; includes cosmetic laser services; provide that a physician assistant can make a pronouncement of death for purposes of vital records.

STATUS:                                     
05/11/2009    Signed by GOVERNOR.
05/11/2009    Act No. 243

GA S 201

AUTHOR:    Balfour (R)
TITLE:    Cancer Research Contributions
INTRODUCED:    02/25/2009
ENACTED:    05/05/2009
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Chaptered
ACT:    136

SUMMARY:                                 
Relates to control of hazardous conditions, preventable diseases, and metabolic disorders to provide for voluntary contributions through individual income tax returns and other mechanisms for cancer research; provides for related matters; repeals conflicting laws.

STATUS:                                     
05/05/2009    Signed by GOVERNOR.
05/05/2009    Act No. 136

GA SR 915

AUTHOR:    Hill Ju (R)
TITLE:    United States Congress the Department of Health and Hum
INTRODUCED:    01/29/2010
ENACTED:    04/27/2010
DISPOSITION:    Adopted
LOCATION:    Adopted

SUMMARY:                            
Urges the United States Congress, the Department of Health and Human Services, and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to ignore the recent guidelines for breast cancer screenings by the United States Preventive Services Task Force; for other purposes.

STATUS:                               
04/27/2010    In SENATE. Read third time. Passed SENATE.

HI HCR 18

COMPANION:    HI HR 9
AUTHOR:    Yamane (D)
TITLE:    Cancer Research Center of Hawaii
INTRODUCED:    01/22/2010
ENACTED:    03/19/2010
DISPOSITION:    Adopted
LOCATION:    Adopted

SUMMARY:                   
Relates to the Cancer Research Center of Hawaii.

STATUS:                      
03/19/2010    In HOUSE. Read final time. HOUSE agreed to SENATE amendments.

HI HR 9 

COMPANION:    HI HCR 18
AUTHOR:    Yamane (D)
TITLE:    Cancer Research Center of Hawaii
INTRODUCED:    01/22/2010
ENACTED:    02/18/2010
DISPOSITION:    Adopted
LOCATION:    Adopted

SUMMARY:                       
Relates to the Cancer Research Center of Hawaii.

STATUS:                          
02/18/2010    From HOUSE Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION: Do pass.
02/18/2010    In HOUSE. Read third time. Passed HOUSE.

HI HR 25 

COMPANION:    HI HCR 65
AUTHOR:    Mizuno (D)
TITLE:    Department of the Interior
INTRODUCED:    02/04/2010
ENACTED:    04/20/2010
DISPOSITION:    Adopted
LOCATION:    Adopted

SUMMARY:                                       
Urges the United States Department of the Interior and the United States Congress to provide additional federal aid to the state of Hawaii for the provision of various state services to migrants from the compact of free association Nations; deems migrants eligible to receive federally funded financial and medical assistance; provides dialysis and chemotherapy centers in Micronesia and all areas within the compact of free association Nations.

STATUS:                                          
04/20/2010    In HOUSE. Read third time. Passed HOUSE.

HI H 1175 

AUTHOR:    Say (D)
TITLE:    Governors Package Bill - Cigarette Tax Increase
INTRODUCED:    01/26/2009
ENACTED:    05/07/2009
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Chaptered
ACT:    56

SUMMARY:                                 
(Governor's Package Bill) Amends the Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to taxation; provides for a graduated increase in the excise tax on each cigarette sold on or after specified dates; extends the dates that a portion of the excise tax on cigarettes be deposited to the credit of the Hawaii Cancer Research Special Funds.

STATUS:                                     
05/07/2009    Signed by GOVERNOR.
05/07/2009    Act No. 56

HI S 39

AUTHOR:    Baker (D)
TITLE:    Hawaii Cancer Research Special Fund
INTRODUCED:    01/21/2009
ENACTED:    04/30/2009
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Chaptered
ACT:    28

SUMMARY:                                 
Requires the University of Hawaii to report semi-annually on the moneys in the Hawaii cancer research special fund, including deposits, expenditures, and other transactions.

STATUS:                                     
04/30/2009    Signed by GOVERNOR.
04/30/2009    Act No. 28

HI S 166

AUTHOR:    Green (D)
TITLE:    Health Insurance Oral Chemotherapy Coverage
INTRODUCED:    01/23/2009
ENACTED:    07/02/2009
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Chaptered
ACT:    168

SUMMARY:                                
Requires all individual and group accident and health or sickness policies that include coverage or benefits for the treatment of cancer shall provide payment or reimbursement for oral chemotherapy drugs under the same terms and conditions and at a rate calculated according to the same methods as payment or reimbursement for intravenously administered chemotherapy drug.

STATUS:                                    
07/02/2009    Signed by GOVERNOR.
07/02/2009    Act No. 168

HI S 2599 

AUTHOR:     Baker (D)
TITLE:    Health Insurance Colon Cancer Screening Coverage
INTRODUCED:    01/22/2010
ENACTED:    06/01/2010
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Chaptered
ACT:    157

SUMMARY:                                   
Requires each policy of accident and health or sickness insurance, group hospital and medical services contracts providing coverage for health care shall provide coverage for colorectal-cancer screening by all A and B grade screening modalities; provides all such insurers shall provide their insureds about the risk associated with undiagnosed colorectal-cancer and encourage the insured to consult with the insured's physician about available screening options.

STATUS:                                     
06/01/2010    Signed by GOVERNOR.
06/01/2010    Act No. 157

IA S 226 

COMPANION:    IA H 83, IA S 61
AUTHOR:    Senate State Government Committee
TITLE:    Work Related Presumption
INTRODUCED:    02/24/2009
ENACTED:    05/08/2009
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Signed by Governor

SUMMARY:                                 
Concerns the statewide fire and police retirement system; establishes a presumption that cancer and infectious diseases are work-related for purposes of disability and death benefits for fire fighters; increases the contribution rate for fire fighters.

STATUS:                                     
05/08/2009    Signed by GOVERNOR.

ID H 275

AUTHOR:    House State Affairs Committee
TITLE:    Lottery
INTRODUCED:    03/31/2009
ENACTED:    05/14/2009
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Chaptered
CHAPTER:    344

SUMMARY:                                 
Relates to the lottery; provides for transfers of net income from the lottery; provides for adjustments; provides for the consideration of lottery moneys distributed in calculating amounts to be distributed by the State Tax Commission; provides for a transfer of funds to the permanent building account, the school district building account, the bond levy equalization fund, the cancer registry fund, the state building and facility restoration fund, the general fund and the economic recovery reserve fund.

STATUS:                                     
05/21/2009    Chaptered. Chapter No. 344

IA H 2075 

SIMILAR:    IA S 21
AUTHOR:     House Commerce Committee
TITLE:    Cancer Treatment
INTRODUCED:    01/19/2010
ENACTED:    02/23/2010
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Signed by Governor

SUMMARY:                                               
Requires health benefit coverage for cancer treatment delivered pursuant to an approved cancer clinical trial.

STATUS:                                                  
02/23/2010    Signed by GOVERNOR.

IA H 2518

COMPANION:    IA H 2502
AUTHOR:    House Appropriations Committee
TITLE:    Public Retirement Systems
INTRODUCED:    03/09/2010
ENACTED:    04/23/2010
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Signed by Governor

SUMMARY:                                               
Relates to Public Retirement Systems, including the Public Safety Officers' Retirement, Accident and Disability System, the Public Employees Retirement System, and the Statewide Fire and Police Retirement System; provides for long-term care benefits and coverage of cancer and infectious diseases; makes other changes; makes supplemental appropriations.

STATUS:                                                  

ID S 1436

AUTHOR:    Senate Finance Committee
TITLE:    Appropriations
INTRODUCED:    03/24/2010
ENACTED:    04/12/2010
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Chaptered
CHAPTER:    318

SUMMARY:                                                     
Reduces the appropriation to the American Lung Association for fiscal year 2010; appropriates funds to the Commission on Hispanic Affairs for fiscal year 2010; appropriates funds from the Idaho Millennium Income Fund and directs the State Controller to transfer moneys for the purposes and programs specified for fiscal year 2011; appropriates funds from the Idaho Millennium Income Fund to the State Treasurer for the purposes and programs specified for fiscal year 2011.

STATUS:
04/12/2010    Signed by GOVERNOR.
04/13/2010    Chaptered. Chapter No. 318

IL S 2173

SPONSOR:    Delgado (D)
TITLE:    Required State Employee Insurance
INTRODUCED:    02/14/2008
ENACTED:    03/26/2009
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Chaptered
PUBLIC ACT:    1044

SUMMARY:                                 
Relates to required state employee health benefits. Requires the the program of health benefits to provide the post-mastectomy care benefits required to be covered by a policy of accident and health insurance.

STATUS:                                     
03/26/2009    Signed by GOVERNOR.
03/26/2009    Public Act No. 1044

IL H 1033

SPONSOR:    Flider (D)
TITLE:    Medicaid Coverage for Cancer Treatment and Evaluation
INTRODUCED:    02/11/2009
ENACTED:    08/18/2009
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Chaptered
PUBLIC ACT:    567

SUMMARY:                                
Provides for Medicaid eligibility for uninsured persons who need evaluation or treatment for prostate or testicular cancer. Provides that the term uninsured persons includes those who have exhausted insurance benefits they may have had for such evaluation and treatment. Provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services does not have a claim against the estate of a deceased recipient and does not have a lien against any homestead property owned by a recipient of services.

STATUS:                                    
08/18/2009    Signed by GOVERNOR.
08/18/2009    Public Act No. 567

IL H 2275

SPONSOR:    Osmond (R)
TITLE:    Cancer Treatment Drugs
INTRODUCED:    02/18/2009
ENACTED:    08/14/2009
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Chaptered
PUBLIC ACT:    457

SUMMARY:                                
Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971, the Insurance Code, and Health Maintenance Organization Act to set forth certain reference compendia and other authoritative compendia, as identified by the Federal Secretary of Health and Human Services in which a drug must be recognized for the treatment of the specific type of cancer for which the drug has been prescribed.

STATUS:
08/14/2009    Signed by GOVERNOR.
08/14/2009    Public Act No. 457

SUMMARY:                                
Designates the month of September of each year as Ovarian and Prostate Cancer Awareness Month.

STATUS:                                    
08/13/2009    Signed by GOVERNOR.
08/13/2009    Public Act No. 396

SPONSOR:    Brauer (R)
TITLE:    Mammography
INTRODUCED:    11/30/2009
ENACTED:    03/17/2010
DISPOSITION:    Adopted
LOCATION:    Adopted

SUMMARY:                                                     
States our belief that breast cancer is a serious health problem facing adult women and that mammography is part of the solution beginning at age 40. Encourages all women to consult with their health care providers about the benefits of early detection of breast cancer. Urges the Department of Public Health to continue and expand its efforts to promote awareness that early screenings for breast cancer and to continue promoting breast cancer screening.

STATUS:
03/17/2010   In HOUSE. Passed HOUSE.

SPONSOR:    Demuzio (D)
TITLE:    Colorectal Cancer Screening Program
INTRODUCED:    02/04/2009
ENACTED:    08/11/2009
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Chaptered
PUBLIC ACT:    325

SUMMARY:                                
Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law. Allows the Department of Public Health to implement a Colorectal Cancer Screening and Treatment Pilot Program in areas that have the highest incidences of mortality. Requires operation in Federally Qualified Health Centers. Provides that persons who have been screened for colorectal cancer under the Program may receive medical assistance identical to benefits provided under the Social Security Act. Provides for grants and a yearly report.

STATUS:
08/11/2009    Signed by GOVERNOR.
08/11/2009    Public Act No. 325

SPONSOR:    Jacobs M (D)
TITLE:    Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health
INTRODUCED:    02/19/2009
ENACTED:    08/04/2009
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Chaptered
PUBLIC ACT:    128

SUMMARY:                                
Amends the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health Education Act and the Interscholastic Athletic Organization Act. Provides that the Comprehensive Health Education Program must include information about cancer. Requires an interscholastic athletic organization to include a question asking if a student has a family history of cancer on any pre-participation examination form. Provides that the organization may require that a testicular examination be conducted for a male student's participation.

STATUS:                                    
08/04/2009    Signed by GOVERNOR.
08/04/2009    Public Act No. 128

AUTHOR:    Becker (R)
TITLE:    Coverage For Cancer Chemotherapy
INTRODUCED:    01/14/2009
ENACTED:    04/30/2009
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Chaptered
PUBLIC LAW:    46

SUMMARY:                                 
Requires accident and sickness insurance and health maintenance organization contracts to provide coverage for orally administered cancer chemotherapy and cancer chemotherapy that is administered intravenously or by injection; provides that coverage for oral chemotherapy must not be subject to dollar limits, copayments, deductibles, or coinsurance provisions that are less favorable than coverage for cancer chemotherapy that is administered intravenously or by injection; includes group policies.

STATUS:                                     
04/30/2009    Signed by GOVERNOR.
04/30/2009    Public Law No. 46
 

AUTHOR:    Becker (R)
TITLE:    Breast Cancer Screening and Medicaid Eligibility
INTRODUCED:    01/15/2009
ENACTED:    05/07/2009
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Chaptered
PUBLIC LAW:    107

SUMMARY:                                 
Eliminates the requirement that certain women whose Medicaid eligibility is conditioned in part on their having been screened for breast or cervical cancer do so under a specified federal program; designates the state as an option three state; allows a woman who is screened by other providers and entities to be identified by the state department as a part of the state's program, for as long as the state department is a federal Title XV grant recipient.

STATUS:                                     

05/07/2009    Signed by GOVERNOR.

SIMILAR:    IA S 21
AUTHOR:    House Commerce Committee
TITLE:    Cancer Treatment
INTRODUCED:    01/19/2010
ENACTED:    02/23/2010
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Signed by Governor

SUMMARY:                                               
Requires health benefit coverage for cancer treatment delivered pursuant to an approved cancer clinical trial.

STATUS:
02/23/2010   Signed by GOVERNOR.

COMPANION:    IA H 2502
AUTHOR:    House Appropriations Committee
TITLE:    Public Retirement Systems
INTRODUCED:    03/09/2010
ENACTED:    04/23/2010
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Signed by Governor

SUMMARY:                                               
Relates to Public Retirement Systems, including the Public Safety Officers' Retirement, Accident and Disability System, the Public Employees Retirement System, and the Statewide Fire and Police Retirement System; provides for long-term care benefits and coverage of cancer and infectious diseases; makes other changes; makes supplemental appropriations.

STATUS:
04/23/2010   Signed by GOVERNOR.

AUTHOR:    House Insurance Committee
TITLE:    Oral Anti-cancer Insurance Coverage
INTRODUCED:    01/29/2009
ENACTED:    04/19/2010
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Signed by Governor

SUMMARY:                                             
Provides coverage for autism spectrum disorder; requires any individual or group health insurance policy, medical service plan, hospital and medical service corporation contract, fraternal benefit society or health maintenance organization, municipal and state employee health care benefits plan which provides coverage for prescription drugs to provide coverage for a prescribed, orally administered anticancer medication on a basis no less favorable than intravenously administered cancer medications.

STATUS:                                               

AUTHOR:    Joint Committee on Administrative Rules and Regulations
TITLE:    Cancer Drug Repository
INTRODUCED:    01/12/2009
ENACTED:    04/06/2009
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Chaptered
CHAPTER:    2009-48

SUMMARY:                                 
Relates to the cancer drug repository; concerns the pharmacy act of the state; declares certain acts not to be in violation of said act; relates to the donation, acceptance, transfer, distribution or dispensing of any drug in compliance with the provisions of the cancer drug repository program; provides for the utilization of unused medications.

STATUS:                                     
05/20/2009    Chapter No. 2009-48

AUTHOR:    Barnett (R)
TITLE:    Breast Cancer Screening
INTRODUCED:    02/11/2010
ENACTED:    02/11/2010
DISPOSITION:    Adopted
LOCATION:    Adopted

SUMMARY:                                                       
Supports current guidelines for breast cancer screening.

STATUS:                                                         
02/11/2010    INTRODUCED.
02/11/2010    Passed SENATE.

SPONSOR:        Burch (D)
TITLE:    Colon Cancer Screening Program
INTRODUCED:    01/05/2010
ENACTED:    04/26/2010
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Signed by Governor

SUMMARY:                                                
Relates to the Colon Cancer Screening Program; creates the Colon Cancer Screening Program Fund and makes an appropriation from the fund for purposes of the Program; provides that a schedule of income-based fees may be adopted for colon cancer screening; requires that the schedule be such that screening is affordable and accessible to the largest possible number of individuals throughout the Commonwealth.

STATUS:
04/26/2010   Signed by GOVERNOR.

SPONSOR:    Stevens (D)
TITLE:    Kidney Cancer Awareness Month
INTRODUCED:    01/05/2010
ENACTED:    03/18/2010
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Chaptered
CHAPTER:    17

SUMMARY:                                                     
Designates March as Kidney Cancer Awareness Month in Kentucky.

STATUS:                                                        
03/18/2010    Act No. 17

SPONSOR:    Denton (R)
TITLE:    Health Care Services
INTRODUCED:    01/05/2010
ENACTED:    03/24/2010
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Chaptered
CHAPTER:    23

SUMMARY:                                                                              
Relates to health care services provided in clinical trials for the treatment of cancer; prohibits a health benefit plan from excluding coverage for routine patient healthcare costs that are incurred in the course of a cancer clinical trial if the health benefit plan would provide coverage for the routine patient healthcare cost had it not been incurred in a cancer clinical trial.

STATUS:  
03/26/2010   Act No. 23

SPONSOR:    Turner J (D)
TITLE:    Mesothelioma Awareness Day
INTRODUCED:    01/05/2010
ENACTED:    04/13/2010
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Chaptered
CHAPTER:    137

SUMMARY:                                                         
Designates September 26 of each year as Mesothelioma Awareness Day and requires Governor to issue proclamation.

STATUS:                                                            
04/13/2010   Act No. 137

AUTHOR:    Hutter (R)
TITLE:    Health Insurance and Off Label Cancer Drug
INTRODUCED:    04/27/2009
ENACTED:    06/18/2009
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Chaptered
ACT:    87

SUMMARY:                                
Relates to coverage of off-label cancer drugs; provides for a standard reference compendia.

STATUS:
06/22/2009   Act No. 87

AUTHOR:    Carter (R)
TITLE:    Sales Tax
INTRODUCED:    04/27/2009
ENACTED:    07/08/2009
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Chaptered
ACT:    462

SUMMARY:                                
Provides that the sales and use tax imposed by the state shall not apply to the amount paid by qualifying radiation therapy treatment centers for the purchase, lease, or repair of capital equipment and the purchase, lease, or repair of software used to operate capital equipment; allows any political subdivision of this state to elect to grant a similar sales and use tax exemption.

STATUS:                                    
07/09/2009   Act No. 462

AUTHOR:    Talbot (R)
TITLE:    Health Insurance
INTRODUCED:    05/07/2009
ADOPTED:    06/04/2009
DISPOSITION:    Adopted
LOCATION:    Adopted

SUMMARY:
Urges and requests the Department of Insurance to study the disparities in amounts of co-payments between orally and intravenously administered chemotherapy medications.

STATUS:                                                                       
06/04/2009    Passed SENATE. 

AUTHOR:    Mount (D)
TITLE:    Income Tax Checkoff
INTRODUCED:    04/27/2009
ENACTED:    07/07/2009
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Chaptered
ACT:    406

SUMMARY:                             
Provides for an income tax checkoff donation for National Lung Cancer Partnership.

STATUS:                                 
07/08/2009    Act No. 406 

AUTHOR:    Katz (R)
TITLE:    Health Medical Treatment
INTRODUCED:    06/09/2009
ADOPTED:    06/09/2009
DISPOSITION:    Adopted
LOCATION:    Adopted

SUMMARY:                                                      
Urges and requests the La. State Board of Medical Examiners and the State Department of Health and Hospitals to ensure that patient safety and choice of treatment remain central concerns for treating physicians by preventing self-referrals for radiation therapy within non-radiation group oncology practices.

STATUS:                                                         
06/09/2009   INTRODUCED.
06/09/2009   Passed HOUSE.

AUTHOR:    Mount (D)
TITLE:    Health Care
INTRODUCED:    06/09/2009
ADOPTED:    06/09/2009
DISPOSITION:    Adopted
LOCATION:    Adopted

SUMMARY:                                                                       
Requests the State Board of Medical Examiners and the State Department of Health and Hospitals to ensure that patient safety and choice of treatment remain central concerns for treating physicians by preventing self-referrals for radiation therapy within non-radiation group oncology practices.

STATUS:                                                                          
06/09/2009    INTRODUCED.
06/09/2009    Passed SENATE.

AUTHOR:    Broome (D)
TITLE:    Congress
INTRODUCED:    06/16/2010
ENACTED:    06/17/2010
DISPOSITION:    Adopted
LOCATION:    Adopted

SUMMARY:                                                                         
Memorializes Congress to support and invest in the National Cancer Institute Community Cancer Centers Program.

STATUS:                                                                           
06/17/2010    Passed HOUSE.

LD:    621
AUTHOR:    Bartlett (D)
TITLE:    Firefighters Benefits
INTRODUCED:    02/13/2009
ENACTED:    06/16/2009
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Signed by Governor
CHAPTER:    408

SUMMARY:                                
Creates a rebuttable presumption under the Workers' Compensation Act that a firefighter who contracts cancer has contracted the disease in the course of employment as a firefighter; requires notice of the cancer to be given; concerns a firefighter that, during the time of employment, received a test for cancer that failed to detect the cancer; makes the last employer for whom the firefighter worked at the time of the last exposure to the risk of cancer and that employer's insurer liable for the cancer.

STATUS:                                    
06/16/2009    Signed by GOVERNOR.

CROSSFILED WITH:    MD S 173
AUTHOR:    Nathan-Pulliam (D)
TITLE:    Home Visits After Mastectomy
INTRODUCED:    01/14/2009
ENACTED:    05/19/2009
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Chaptered
CHAPTER:    517

SUMMARY:                               
Requires insurers, nonprofit health service plans and health maintenance organizations to provide inpatient hospitalization coverage for a minimum length of time following a mastectomy that is performed for the treatment of breast cancer; requires insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for home visits; prohibits such insurers from refusing reimbursement for certain services; requires notices.

STATUS:                                   
05/19/2009    Signed by GOVERNOR.
05/19/2009    Chapter No. 517

AUTHOR:    Pena-Melnyk (D)
TITLE:    Breast Cancer Screening
INTRODUCED:    02/02/2009
ENACTED:    05/19/2009
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Chaptered
CHAPTER:    670

SUMMARY:                               
Requires insurers, nonprofit health service plans and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for breast cancer screening in accordance with specified guidelines; repeals requirements for coverage of screening mammograms by certain insurance policies and nonprofit health service plans; prohibits charging a deductible; requires a notice in each health insurance policy and certificate.

STATUS:                                   
05/19/2009    Signed by GOVERNOR.
05/19/2009    Chapter No. 670

CROSSFILED WITH:    MD S 313
AUTHOR:    Mizeur (D)
TITLE:    Health Insurance
INTRODUCED:    02/10/2010
ENACTED:    05/20/2010
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Chaptered
CHAPTER:    536

SUMMARY:                                                                        
Requires insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for certain types of annual preventive care if certain conditions are met; prohibits certain provisions from being construed to require coverage for a certain service; makes certain requirements applicable to health maintenance organizations.

STATUS:                                                                           
05/20/2010   Signed by GOVERNOR.
05/20/2010   Chapter No. 536

AUTHOR:    Donoghue (D)
TITLE:    Anatomic Pathology Services Billing
INTRODUCED:    02/13/2009
ENACTED:    04/14/2009
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Chaptered
CHAPTER:    163

SUMMARY:                                 
Requires a clinical laboratory, a physician, or a group practice that provides anatomic pathology services on a PAP test specimen for a patient in the state to present a bill for services to a referring physician who orders but does not perform anatomic pathology services; provides that a practitioner who takes a Pap test specimen but does not perform anatomic pathology services may bill patients or payors if the practitioner complies with disclosure and ethics requirements.

STATUS:                                     
04/14/2009    Signed by GOVERNOR.
04/14/2009    Chapter No. 163

AUTHOR:    Middleton (D)
TITLE:    Mandated Mental Health and Health Insurance Coverage
INTRODUCED:    01/13/2010
ENACTED:    04/13/2010
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Chaptered
CHAPTER:    17

SUMMARY:                                
Relates to insurer discrimination and coverage of persons with mental illness or emotional, drug abuse, or alcohol disorders; requires coverage of hospitalization benefits under contracts covering certain employees in a specified manner; restricts delivery of benefits through a managed care system; clarifies that certain provisions of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act shall apply to all health insurers; clarifies coverage of mastectomy-related complications.

STATUS:                                   
04/13/2010    Signed by GOVERNOR.
04/13/2010    Chapter No. 17

CROSSFILED WITH:    MD H 41
AUTHOR:    Kelley (D)
TITLE:    Mastectomy Inpatient Coverage
INTRODUCED:    01/21/2009
ENACTED:    05/19/2009
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Chaptered
CHAPTER:    516

SUMMARY:                                 
Requires specified insurers, nonprofit health service plans,and health maintenance organizations to provide inpatient hospitalization coverage for a specified minimum length of time following a mastectomy that is performed for the treatment of breast cancer; prohibits specified insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations from refusing reimbursement for certain services; requires a notice to certain insureds; provides for home visits.

STATUS:                                     
05/19/2009    Signed by GOVERNOR.
05/19/2009    Chapter No. 516

LD:    621
AUTHOR:    Bartlett (D)
TITLE:    Firefighters Benefits
INTRODUCED:    02/13/2009
ENACTED:    06/16/2009
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Chaptered
CHAPTER:    408

SUMMARY:                                                             
Creates a rebuttable presumption under the Workers' Compensation Act that a firefighter who contracts cancer has contracted the disease in the course of employment as a firefighter; requires notice of the cancer to be given; concerns a firefighter that, during the time of employment, received a test for cancer that failed to detect the cancer; makes the last employer for whom the firefighter worked at the time of the last exposure to the risk of cancer and that employer's insurer liable for the cancer.

STATUS:                                                                
06/16/2009    Signed by GOVERNOR.
06/16/2009    Public Law No. 408

SPONSOR:    Cropsey (R)
TITLE:    Childhood Cancer Awareness
INTRODUCED:    09/10/2009
ADOPTED:    09/10/2009
DISPOSITION:    Adopted
LOCATION:    Adopted

SUMMARY:                                                
Commemorates September 2009 as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month in State.

STATUS:                                                  
09/10/2009    INTRODUCED.
09/10/2009    In SENATE. Passed SENATE.

COMPANION:    MN H 177
AUTHOR:    Berglin (DFL)
TITLE:    Health
INTRODUCED:    01/22/2009
ENACTED:    03/11/2009
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Chaptered
CHAPTER #:    2009-6

SUMMARY:                                 
Relates to health; extends moratorium on radiation therapy facility construction in Hennepin, Ramsey, Dakota, Washington, Anoka, Carver, Scott, St. Louis, Sherburne, Benton, Stearns, Chisago, Isanti, and Wright counties.

STATUS:                                     
03/12/2009   Filed with Secretary of State. Chapter No. 2009-6

COMPANION:    MN H 1847
AUTHOR:    Scheid (DFL)
TITLE:    Insurance
INTRODUCED:    03/23/2009
ENACTED:    05/13/2010
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Chaptered
CHAPTER #:    326

SUMMARY:                                      
Provides that a health plan company that provides coverage under a health plan for cancer chemotherapy treatment shall not require a higher co-payment, deductible, or coinsurance amount for a prescribed, orally administered anticancer medication that is used to kill or slow the growth of cancerous cells than what the health plan requires for an intravenously administered or injected cancer medication that is provided.

STATUS:                                        
05/13/2010    Signed by GOVERNOR.
05/13/2010    Filed with Secretary of State. Chapter No. 326

AUTHOR:    Kottel (D)
TITLE:    Professional and Occupational Licensing Laws
INTRODUCED:    01/05/2009
ENACTED:    04/01/2009
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Chaptered
CHAPTER:    109

SUMMARY:                                 
Revises professional and occupational licensing laws; relates to the Board of Psychologists, the Board of Respiratory Care Practitioners and the Board of Social Work Examiners and Professional Counselors; revises the basis for unprofessional conduct to include documented alcohol addiction; revises Hearing Aid Dispenser Trainee and Board duties; revises certain licensing requirements for Public Accountants and firms; removes authorization for laetrile manufacture, sale, possession, and distribution.

STATUS:                                     
04/01/2009    Signed by GOVERNOR.
04/01/2009    Chaptered. Chapter No. 109

AUTHOR:     Becker (D)
TITLE:    Breast Reconstruction Mandate Revision
INTRODUCED:    01/05/2009
ENACTED:    03/25/2009
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Chaptered
CHAPTER:    67

SUMMARY:                                 
Clarifies insurance coverage for reconstructive breast surgery after a mastectomy.

STATUS:                                     
03/25/2009    Signed by GOVERNOR.
03/25/2009    Chaptered. Chapter No. 67

AUTHOR:    Pomnichowski (D)
TITLE:    Cancer Drug Repository
INTRODUCED:    01/31/2009
ENACTED:    04/18/2009
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Chaptered
CHAPTER:    299

SUMMARY:                                 
Establishes a cancer drug repository program and participant registry; provides the program will accept donated cancer drugs and devices and will dispense the drugs and devices to qualified patients; provides that participation in the program is voluntary.

STATUS:                                     
04/20/2009    Chaptered. Chapter No. 299

AUTHOR:    Rand (D)
TITLE:    State Health Plan
INTRODUCED:    02/25/2009
ENACTED:    04/23/2009
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Chaptered
CHAPTER #:    2009-16

SUMMARY:                                 
Appropriates funds for the State Health Plan for teachers and other state employees; relates to premium increases, benefit changes and healthy lifestyle programs; relates to smoking cessation and weight management programs; amends coverage for prescription drugs without a generic equivalent; relates to cancer medications, pharmacy benefits managers, dependent coverage, psychiatric hospital care, public records that do not contain trade secrets, purchase of extended coverage and claims processor contracts.

STATUS:                                     
04/23/2009    Signed by GOVERNOR.
04/23/2009    Session Law Number 2009-16

AUTHOR:    Harrell T (D)
TITLE:    Cancer Drug Coverage
INTRODUCED:    03/31/2009
ENACTED:    06/26/2009
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Chaptered
CHAPTER #:    2009-170

SUMMARY:                               
Updates the Cancer Compendia Statute to reflect new drug compendia that are available.

STATUS:                                   
06/26/2009    Signed by GOVERNOR.
06/26/2009    Session Law Number 2009-170

AUTHOR:    Earle (D)
TITLE:    Cancer Patient Assistance
INTRODUCED:    04/02/2009
ENACTED:    08/26/2009
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Chaptered
CHAPTER #:    2009-502

SUMMARY:                                                
Directs the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Public Health, to assist cancer patients with the management of the disease; requires the Department to establish a cancer patient navigation program under the Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Program.

STATUS:                                                   
08/26/2009    Signed by GOVERNOR.
08/26/2009    Session Law Number 2009-502

AUTHOR:    Howard (NP)
TITLE:    Homestead Exemption Applications
INTRODUCED:    01/08/2009
ENACTED:    05/26/2009
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Signed by Governor

SUMMARY:                                 
Authorizes late homestead exemption applications for medical reasons, including a disease, physical ailment, or injury requiring inpatient care in a hospital, hospice, or residential care facility or involving any period of incapacity due to a condition for which treatment may not be effective.

STATUS:                                     
05/26/2009    Signed by GOVERNOR.

AUTHOR:    Fulton (NP)
TITLE:    Health Insurance Access Act
INTRODUCED:    01/20/2009
ENACTED:    05/26/2009
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Signed by Governor

SUMMARY:                                 
Changes the Health Insurance Access Act; relates to uninsured access coverage policies of sickness and accident insurance; provides that such policy may include prescription drug benefit coverage and preventative health care coverage, including, but not limited to, primary care physician visits, immunizations for adults and children, laboratory and x-ray procedures, and preventative cancer screenings such as mammograms, cervical cancer screenings, and noninvasive colorectal or prostate screenings.

STATUS:                                     
05/26/2009    Signed by GOVERNOR.

AUTHOR:    Renzullo (R)
TITLE:    Mandated Benefits Review
INTRODUCED:    01/06/2010
ENACTED:    05/18/2010
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Chaptered
CHAPTER:    61

SUMMARY:                                                    
Reestablishes the procedure to provide for a review of mandated benefits by the insurance department; repeals the mandated coverage for autologous bone marrow transplants.

STATUS:                                                       
05/18/2010    Signed by GOVERNOR.
05/18/2010    Chapter No. 61

AUTHOR:    Houde (D)
TITLE:    Oral and Intraveneous Chemotherapy
INTRODUCED:    02/17/2010
ENACTED:    06/21/2010
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Chaptered
CHAPTER:    198

SUMMARY:                                      
Establishes a commission to collect, compile, and analyze data to determine whether a disparity between coverage for oral and intravenous chemotherapy exists.

STATUS:                                         
06/21/2010    Signed by GOVERNOR.
06/21/2010    Chapter No. 198

IDENTICAL:    NJ SJR 56
SPONSOR:    O'Scanlon (R)
TITLE:    Brain Tumor Awareness Month
INTRODUCED:    05/22/2008
ENACTED:    04/15/2009
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Chaptered
CHAPTER:    JR-3.

SUMMARY:                                 
Designates May of each year as Brain Tumor Awareness Month.

STATUS:                                     
04/15/2009    Signed by GOVERNOR.
04/15/2009    Chapter No. JR-3.

SPONSOR:    Singer (R)
TITLE:    Leukemia Lymphoma Awareness Month
INTRODUCED:    01/28/2008
ENACTED:    11/05/2008
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Chaptered
CHAPTER:    JR-4

SUMMARY:                                 
Designates September of each year as Leukemia, Lymphoma and Myeloma Awareness Month in New Jersey.

STATUS:                                     
11/05/2008    Signed by GOVERNOR.
11/05/2008    Chapter No. JR-4

IDENTICAL:    NJ A 3382
SPONSOR:    Kean T (R)
TITLE:    Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
INTRODUCED:    11/24/2008
ENACTED:    10/01/2009
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Signed by Governor

SUMMARY:                                          
Permanently designates February Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month in New Jersey.

STATUS:                                             
10/01/2009   Signed by GOVERNOR.

AUTHOR:    Steinborn (D)
TITLE:    Health Care
INTRODUCED:    02/02/2009
ENACTED:    04/06/2009
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Chaptered
CHAPTER:    2009-106

SUMMARY:                                 
Relates to health care; amends sections of the Medical Radiation Health and Safety Act; renames the act.

STATUS:                                     
04/06/2009    Signed by GOVERNOR.
04/06/2009    Chaptered. Chapter No. 2009-106

AUTHOR:    Stewart (D)
TITLE:    Cancer Clinical Trial Access Expansion
INTRODUCED:    02/01/2010
ENACTED:    02/10/2010
DISPOSITION:    Adopted
LOCATION:    Adopted

SUMMARY:                                      
Relates to expand cancer clinical trial access.

STATUS:                                        
02/10/2010   Passed HOUSE.

AUTHOR:    Feldman (D)
TITLE:    Health Insurance Code
INTRODUCED:    01/20/2009
ENACTED:    04/07/2009
DISPOSITION:    Enacted
LOCATION:    Chaptered
CHAPTER:    2009-212