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
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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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
History
Date | Action |
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01/13/2006 | Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor |
01/22/2006 | Fiscal impact statement from SCC (HB1405) |
01/26/2006 | Passed by in Commerce and Labor with letter |
01/26/2006 | Letter sent to Special Advisory Commission on Mandated Health Insurance BenefHB" |