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] CHEMOTHERAPY TREATMENT COVERAGE.
1.8 	A health plan that provides coverage for cancer chemotherapy treatment may not 
1.9 	require a higher co-payment, deductible, or coinsurance amount for a prescribed, orally 
1.10 	administered anticancer medication that is used to kill or slow the growth of cancerous 
1.11 	cells than what is required for an intravenously administered or injected cancer medication 
1.12 	that is provided, regardless of formulation or benefit category determination by the health 
1.13 	plan.

1.14 	EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION. This section is effective August 1, 2009, 
1.15 	and applies to health plans providing coverage to a Minnesota resident offered, issued, 
1.16 	sold, renewed, or continued as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 60A.02, subdivision 
1.17 	2a, on or after that date.