INSURANCE/HEALTH: Provides relative to medical and surgical treatments of cancer (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)
This bill establishes new rules for health insurance policies and cancer treatment coverage that will take effect on January 1, 2025. It requires all new insurance contracts and health plans issued from that date forward to comply with the act's provisions. Additionally, any existing policies currently in effect must be updated to meet these new standards by their next renewal date, no later than January 1, 2026. The legislation directly impacts insurance companies and individuals holding health coverage plans by setting a specific timeline for adopting updated regulations regarding cancer care.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
House Passage
May 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
Jun 2024
Introduced Mar 1, 2024
Signed Jun 11, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 20, 2024 · House May 29, 2024
How they voted
37–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 38
May 20, 2024
D
Democratic12
100% Yea
R
Republican26
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
23
Key actions
6
Committee
7
May 29, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read by title, roll called, yeas 80, nays 4, Senate amendments concurred in.
lower
May 20, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 14, 2024
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 13, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Apr 29, 2024
Committee
Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
upper
Apr 24, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Apr 16, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 82, nays 11. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 9, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (13-0).
lower
Mar 11, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Insurance.
lower
Mar 1, 2024
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Insurance.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Larry Bagley
RRepublican
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