1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to insurance; requiring health plans to establish equal out-of-pocket 
1.3 	requirements for oral chemotherapy medications and intravenously administered 
1.4 	chemotherapy medications;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, 
1.5 	chapter 62A.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. [62A.3075] CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY TREATMENT 
1.8 	COVERAGE.
1.9 	(a) A health plan company that provides coverage under a health plan for cancer 
1.10 	chemotherapy treatment shall not require a higher co-payment, deductible, or coinsurance 
1.11 	amount for a prescribed, orally administered anticancer medication that is used to kill or 
1.12 	slow the growth of cancerous cells than what the health plan requires for an intravenously 
1.13 	administered or injected cancer medication that is provided, regardless of formulation or 
1.14 	benefit category determination by the health plan company.
1.15 	(b) A health plan company shall not achieve compliance with this section 
1.16 	by imposing an increase in co-payment, deductible, or coinsurance amount for an 
1.17 	intravenously administered or injected cancer chemotherapy agent covered under the 
1.18 	health plan.
1.19 	(c) Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to prohibit a health plan company 
1.20 	from requiring prior authorization or imposing other appropriate utilization controls in 
1.21 	approving coverage for any chemotherapy.

1.22 	EFFECTIVE DATE. Paragraphs (a) and (c) are effective August 1, 2010, and apply 
1.23 	to health plans providing coverage to a Minnesota resident offered, issued, sold, renewed, 
2.1 	or continued as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 60A.02, subdivision 2a, on or after 
2.2 	that date. Paragraph (b) is effective the day following final enactment.