RCW 48.46.274 Prescribed, self-administered anticancer medication.
(1) Each health plan issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2012, that provides coverage for cancer chemotherapy treatment must provide coverage for prescribed, self-administered anticancer medication that is used to kill or slow the growth of cancerous cells on a basis at least comparable to cancer chemotherapy medications administered by a health care provider or facility as defined in *RCW 48.43.005 (15) and (16).
(2) Nothing in this section may be interpreted to prohibit a health plan from administering a formulary or preferred drug list, requiring prior authorization, or imposing other appropriate utilization controls in approving coverage for any chemotherapy.
[ 2011 c 159 § 6.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: RCW 48.43.005 was amended by 2011 c 314 § 3 and by 2011 c 315 § 2, changing subsections (15) and (16) to subsections (20) and (21). RCW 48.43.005 was subsequently amended by 2012 c 87 § 1, changing subsections (20) and (21) to subsections (22) and (23). RCW 48.43.005 was subsequently alphabetized pursuant to RCW 1.08.015(2)(k), changing subsections (22) and (23) to subsections (23) and (24), and effective January 1, 2020, changing subsections (22) and (23) to subsections (25) and (26).
Findings—2011 c 159: See note following RCW 41.05.175.
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