00                    CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 142(L&C) am                                                                  
01 "An Act relating to insurance coverage for anti-cancer medications."                                                    
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1. AS 21.42 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                  
04            Sec. 21.42.430. Coverage for anti-cancer medication. (a) Except for a                                      
05       fraternal benefit society, a health care insurer that offers, issues for delivery, delivers,                      
06       or renews in this state a health care insurance plan that provides coverage for anti-                             
07       cancer medications that are injected or intravenously administered by a health care                               
08       provider and patient-administered anti-cancer medications, including those orally                                 
09       administered or self-injected, may not require a higher copayment, deductible, or                                 
10       coinsurance amount for a patient-administered medication than it requires for an anti-                            
11       cancer medication injected or intravenously administered by a health care provider,                               
12       regardless of the formulation or benefit category determination by the policy or plan.                            
13            (b)  A health care insurer may not offset the costs of compliance with (a) of                                
14       this section by                                                                                                   
15                 (1)  increasing the copayment, deductible, or coinsurance amount                                        

01       required for anti-cancer medications injected or intravenously administered by a health                           
02       care provider that are covered under the health insurance plan; or                                                
03                 (2)  reclassifying benefits with respect to anti-cancer medications.                                    
04            (c)  Nothing in this section prohibits a health care insurance plan from                                     
05       requiring different cost-sharing rates for in-network and out-of-network providers or                             
06       pharmacies.                                                                                                       
07            (d)  In this section, "anti-cancer medication" means a drug or biologic used to                              
08       kill cancerous cells, to slow or prevent the growth of cancerous cells, or to treat related                       
09       side effects.                                                                                                     
10    * Sec. 2. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                          
11 read:                                                                                                                   
12       APPLICABILITY. AS 21.42.430, enacted by sec. 1 of this Act, applies to a health                                   
13 insurance policy that is offered, issued for delivery, delivered, or renewed on or after the                            
14 effective date of this Act.