00Enrolled SB 142                                                                                                         
01 Relating to insurance coverage for anti-cancer medications; and providing for an effective                              
02 date.                                                                                                                   
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04    * Section 1. AS 21.42 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                  
05            Sec. 21.42.430. Coverage for anti-cancer medication. (a) Except for a                                      
06       fraternal benefit society, a health care insurer that offers, issues for delivery, delivers,                      
07       or renews in this state a health care insurance plan that provides coverage for anti-                             
08       cancer medications that are injected or intravenously administered by a health care                               
09       provider and patient-administered anti-cancer medications, including those orally                                 
10       administered or self-injected, may not require a higher copayment, deductible, or                                 
11       coinsurance amount for a patient-administered medication than it requires for an anti-                            
12       cancer medication injected or intravenously administered by a health care provider,                               
13       regardless of the formulation or benefit category determination by the policy or plan.                            
14            (b)  A health care insurer may not offset the costs of compliance with (a) of                                

01       this section by                                                                                                   
02                 (1)  increasing the copayment, deductible, or coinsurance amount                                        
03       required for anti-cancer medications injected or intravenously administered by a health                           
04       care provider that are covered under the health insurance plan; or                                                
05                 (2)  reclassifying benefits with respect to anti-cancer medications.                                    
06            (c)  Nothing in this section prohibits a health care insurance plan from                                     
07       requiring different cost-sharing rates for in-network and out-of-network providers or                             
08       pharmacies.                                                                                                       
09            (d)  In this section, "anti-cancer medication" means a drug or biologic used to                              
10       kill cancerous cells, to slow or prevent the growth of cancerous cells, or to treat related                       
11       side effects.                                                                                                     
12    * Sec. 2. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                          
13 read:                                                                                                                   
14       APPLICABILITY. AS 21.42.430, enacted by sec. 1 of this Act, applies to a health                                   
15 insurance policy that is offered, issued for delivery, delivered, or renewed on or after the                            
16 effective date of this Act.                                                                                             
17    * Sec. 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2017.