Health insurance; mandated coverage for treatment by intensity modulated radiation therapy. (HB1405)

Introduced By

Del. Rob Wittman (R-Montross) with support from co-patron Sen. John Chichester (R-Fredericksburg)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate
Signed by Governor
Became Law

Description

Health insurance; mandated coverage for treatment by intensity modulated radiation therapy. Requires health insurers, health maintenance organizations, and corporations providing healthcare coverage subscription contracts to provide coverage for the treatment by intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), including solid compensator-based IMRT, of tumors in situations in which extremely high precision is required in order to spare essential surrounding normal tissue, when such treatment is performed pursuant to protocol dose volume constraints approved by the institutional review board of any United States medical teaching college or the National Cancer Institute. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Failed

History

DateAction
01/13/2006Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
01/22/2006Fiscal impact statement from SCC (HB1405)
01/26/2006Passed by in Commerce and Labor with letter
01/26/2006Letter sent to Special Advisory Commission on Mandated Health Insurance BenefHB"