HB5647: Childhood Cancer Clinical Trials Act
- 1Introduced (current step)
- 2Passed One Chamber
- 3Passed Both Chambers
- 4Became Law
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Summary
To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to require out-of-network coverage for qualified individuals diagnosed with a rare pediatric disease participating in approved clinical trials, and for other purposes.
Plain-language summary
This bill amends health insurance rules to require coverage for out-of-network doctors when children with rare childhood cancers participate in approved clinical trials. Out-of-network means doctors or hospitals not in a patient's insurance plan. The bill ensures insurance plans must pay for these trial treatments even if the doctors running the trial are outside the plan's network. The bill is currently introduced in Congress, meaning it has been formally submitted but not yet assigned to a for review.
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HB5647: Childhood Cancer Clinical Trials Act
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Sponsors
Michael McCaul
Primary SponsorCo-sponsors (5)
Ami Bera
Mike Kelly
Donald Davis
Joe Wilson
Christopher Pappas