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Bill numbers are subject to change. Check the status of bill by contacting the state legislator's office or through state legislative website.
Alaska
SB 10: Requiring health insurers and Medicaid to provide coverage for cancer clinical trials
Arkansas
HR 1005: Recognizing January as Cervical Cancer Month
HB 1286: Tobacco cessation and prevention programs appropriation for the 2009-2010 fiscal year
SB 947: The colorectal cancer prevention, early detection, and treatment act of 2009
California
AB 56: Amendment to provide adequate health care coverage for mammographies and breast cancer screening.
AB 359: Amend reimbursement rates for breast and cervical cancer early detection screening
SB 158: Provide health care coverage for cervical cancer screening (HPV vaccine)
Connecticut
SB 166: To provide funding for breast cancer research
SB 638: To remove financial obstacles to post-cancer treatment screening for colon cancer survivors - providing health insurance coverage for colonoscopies
Delaware
Passed
SB 103: Established May as melanoma and skin care detection and prevention month in Delaware
Florida
S 190: Breast cancer treatment coverage by health insurance and HMOs - specific coverage required
Georgia
HB 853: Bill requiring restrictions and regulations to be placed on tanning facilities
SB 245 Require health benefit plan that covers cancer chemotherapy also include coverage for orally administered cancer medication
Hawaii
HB 1527: Bill increasing general excise tax on tobacco products other than cigarettes; percentage of increase will go to cervical and breast cancer screening and Healthy Start program
HB 328: Appropriates funds for cervical and breast cancer screening.
HB 823: Mandates health insurance coverage for colorectal cancer screening – also requires insurer to provide risks for undiagnosed colorectal cancer and encourage screening
Illinois
HB 0839: Create health advisory committee whose primary focus is cancer prevention and the early detection, curing, screening, and treatment of cancer
Iowa
HF 550 Mandating health insurance policies provide coverage for colorectal and prostate cancer screening
HF 768 Expedited review of denials of health benefit coverage for cancer treatments
SF 21 Requiring health benefit coverage for cancer treatment in approved clinical trials
Kansas
SB 288 Providing coverage for colorectal cancer screening
SB 195 Providing reimbursement to oral anti-cancer medications
Kentucky
HB 30 or SB 102: Provide coverage for routine healthcare costs related to patient participation in clinical trial for cancer
Maine
HP 484: An act to fund the screening and early detection of cancer by including guidelines in Statewide Cancer Plan HP 627 - Authorize a general fund bond issue to fund research and development for cancer
Massachusetts
HN 1031: For legislation to provide insurance coverage for MRI for the detection of breast cancer
HN 898: Health insurance providers be required to include coverage for diagnostic screening for prostate cancer
SN 284: Legislation to establish a skin cancer and sun safety education program in public schools
SN 451: Legislation to ensure access to life-saving colorectal cancer screenings
Michigan
SB 0481: Provide coverage for orally administered cancer chemotherapy
Minnesota
HF 2194: Establish Minnesota colorectal cancer prevention and women's heart health program using tobacco-related tax funds.
HF 0293: Provide appropriate funds for colorectal cancer screening for the uninsured
Missouri
SB 144: Establishes a prostate cancer pilot program to provide screening, referral services, treatment and outreach
SB 104: Provides information and the opportunity to be immunized for the human papilloma virus
SB 375/HB 886: Provides health insurance coverage for Phase I clinical trials for cancer treatment
Montana
HB 325: Assured coverage of colon cancer screening
New Hampshire
HB638: Increasing the tobacco tax and dedicating certain tobacco tax revenues to the comprehensive cancer plan fund
New Jersey
A 130: Requires health insurers to provide coverage for screening for cervical cancer, including testing for HPV
A 346: Requires insurance coverage for MRIs for women at high risk for breast cancer
S 2363: Permanently declares February as "Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month" in New Jersey
New Mexico
SB 42: Provide health insurance coverage for cancer clinical trials
New York
A02464: Requires accident and health insurance policies to cover the cost of genetic testing of persons with a family history of cancer
A02521: Health insurance coverage for standard diagnostic testing for ovarian cancer
A03102: Provides for a comprehensive statewide cancer detection and education program
A03479: Requires insurance coverage for the screening of colorectal cancer
A06140: Requires providers of health care policies to provide coverage for colorectal cancer early detection
A07407: Provides insurance coverage for diagnostic screening for colorectal cancer
S01905: Requires insurers of cervical cancer detection to provide human papilloma virus vaccine to females ages 9 to 26
North Carolina
H1251: Designate June as "Cancer Screening Awareness Month" in North Carolina
Ohio
HB 56: Require health plans to provide benefits for colorectal cancer examinations and tests for cancer
HB 134: Requires health care plans, including the state's Medicaid program, to offer to provide benefits for prostate, colorectal, ovarian, and cervical cancer screening examinations and laboratory tests
Maine
HP 484: An act to fund the screening and early detection of cancer by including guidelines in Statewide Cancer Plan HP 627 - Authorize a general fund bond issue to fund research and development for cancer
Oregon
SB 892: Requires Department of Human Services to provide screening for breast and cervical cancer to persons who meet eligibility requirements for Oregon Breast and Cervical Cancer Program
Passed
HJR 12: Encourages public to take measures to decrease incidence of skin cancer
Pennsylvania
HB 85: Providing insurance coverage for patient costs associated with cancer clinical trials
Rhode Island
H 6339: Proclaiming the month of September as Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month in Rhode Island
S 0397: Increase federal funds to cover annual mammograms for women eligible to use the Rhode Island women's cancer screening program
South Carolina
S 0613: Health insurance coverage for insured who participate in clinical trials for cancer
Tennessee
HB 0396: Require the department of health to develop and implement a program to provide colorectal cancer screenings for uninsured individuals between ages 50 and 64 and for any other uninsured individuals determined to be at high risk for developing colon cancer; requires health insurance companies to cover colorectal cancer screenings
Utah
HB 419: Provide for a tax on tanning facilities and the creation of a Melanoma Cancer Research Fund from tax revenue
HJR 3: Joint resolution to support efforts to increase and improve cancer treatment, screening, and research
Vermont
H 24: Provide insurance coverage for colorectal cancer screening
Virginia
SJ 292: Establish a joint subcommittee to study the benefits to Virginia of appropriating additional funds for cancer research
Wisconsin
AB 217: Requiring health insurance coverage for colorectal screening
