A. An individual or group health maintenance organization contract that is delivered, issued for delivery or renewed in this state and that provides coverage for cancer treatment shall provide coverage for a prescribed, orally administered anticancer medication that is used to kill or slow the growth of cancerous cells on a basis no less favorable than intravenously administered or injected cancer medications that are covered as medical benefits by the plan.

B. A health maintenance organization shall not increase patient cost-sharing for anticancer medications in order to achieve compliance with the provisions of this section.

C. Coverage of orally administered anticancer medication shall not be subject to any prior authorization, dollar limit, copayment, deductible or coinsurance provision that does not apply to intravenously administered or injected anticancer medication used to kill or slow the growth of cancerous cells.

D. As used in this section, "health maintenance organization contract":

(1) means:

(a) a health maintenance organization; or

(b) a managed care organization; and

(2) does not include individual policies intended to supplement major medical group-type coverages such as medicare supplement, long-term care, disability income, specified disease, accident-only, hospital indemnity or other limited-benefit health insurance policies.

History: Laws 2011, ch. 55, § 4.

Effective dates. — Laws 2011, ch. 55, § 7 made Laws 2011, ch. 55, § 4 effective June 17, 2011.

Applicability. — Laws 2011, ch. 55, § 6 provided that the provisions of Laws 2011, ch. 55, § 4 apply to insurance policies that provide coverage for cancer treatment and that are delivered, issued for delivery, amended, renewed or continued in this state on or after January 1, 2012.