SB 820 (2020) -  Health Insurance Prior Authorization

General Bill by Harrell (CO-SPONSORS) Mayfield
Health Insurance Prior Authorization: Prohibiting health maintenance organizations from excluding coverage for certain cancer treatment drugs; prohibiting health insurers and health maintenance organizations from requiring, before providing prescription drug coverage for the treatment of stage 4 metastatic cancer and associated conditions, that treatment has failed with a different drug; requiring health insurers to provide and disclose procedures for insureds to request exceptions to step-therapy protocols; prohibiting health insurers, under certain circumstances, from retroactively denying a claim at any time because of insured ineligibility, etc.
Effective Date: 01/01/2021
Last Event: 03/14/20 S Died in Banking and Insurance on Saturday, March 14, 2020 12:00 AM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

  • Banking and Insurance
  • Health Policy
  • Rules

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: HB 261 Subject: Coverage for Cancer and Associated Conditions Drug Treatment Relationship: Compare
Bill #: HB 373 Subject: Health Insurance Coverage Relationship: Compare
Bill #: SB 672 Subject: Coverage for Cancer and Associated Conditions Drug Treatment Relationship: Compare

Bill Text

Staff Analysis

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Vote History

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Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: S Died in Banking and Insurance Time: 03/14/2020 - 12:00 AM Member: Committee: Banking and Insurance Version: __
Event: S Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration Time: 03/14/2020 - 12:00 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Introduced -SJ 62 Time: 01/14/2020 - 11:02 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Referred to Banking and Insurance; Health Policy; Rules -SJ 62 Time: 11/21/2019 - 4:33 PM Member: Committee: Banking and Insurance Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 11/07/2019 - 9:00 AM Member: Committee: Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
627.4239 HB 261, HB 373, SB 672
627.42392
627.42393 HB 373
627.6131 HB 373
641.31 CS/SB 46*, HB 67, HB 107, HB 109, CS/SB 116, HB 373, SB 390, HB 561, SB 596, SB 696, CS/CS/HB 1143, SB 1196, HB 1293, CS/HB 1341, SB 1724, CS/SB 7012*, HB 7031
641.3155 HB 373, SB 596, HB 7031
641.3156 HB 373

(*) Not the latest version