Alabama
HB 647: to require reporting on benign brain tumors in the Alabama Statewide Cancer Registry.
Status: in committee.
legislature.state.al.us
HJR 219: designates Prostate Cancer Awareness Month and Prostate Cancer Screening Month.
Status: in committee.
legislature.state.al.us
Arkansas
SB 31: to create breast cancer and prostate cancer early detection programs.
Status: in committee.
www.arkleg.state.ar.us
California
AB 1193: to establish mammography patient best care principles.
Status: in committee.
www.leginfo.ca.gov
AB 1447: relates to the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 that prohibits knowingly and intentionally exposing any individual to a chemical known to cause cancer
Status: in committee.
www.leginfo.ca.gov
AB 2129: to provide prostate cancer treatment and diagnostic services.
Status: in committee.
www.leginfo.ca.gov
ACR 103: recognizes the importance of breast cancer and awareness of breast cancer
Status: in committee.
www.leginfo.ca.gov
AJR 53: memorializes the President and the Congress of the US to enact legislation to extend the Breast Cancer Research Stamp Program for two years.
Status: in committee.
www.leginfo.ca.gov
SB 797: to provide coverage for cancer screening tests under existing law.
Status: in committee.
www.leginfo.ca.gov
Connecticut
SB 2: to provide early detection and treatment referral services for ovarian cancer to unserved or underserved populations.
Status: in committee.
www.cga.state.ct.us
SB 346: to require health insurance coverage for ovarian cancer screening.
Status: in committee.
www.cga.state.ct.us
SB 365: prohibits employment discrimination based on genetic information.
Status: in committee.
www.cga.state.ct.us
SB 558: to ensure that younger women with significant family histories of breast cancer be eligible for preventive services under the Connecticut Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program.
Status: in committee.
www.cga.state.ct.us
Florida
SB 1092: relates to mammogram health insurance coverage
Status: in committee.
www.leg.state.fl.us
SB 1114: relates to breast cancer treatment.
Status: in committee.
www.leg.state.fl.us
SB 1116: relates to healthcare delivery and research.
Status: in committee.
www.leg.state.fl.us
Hawaii
HB 515: to establish breast and cervical cancer treatment programs to assist women who are diagnosed by the Hawaiian Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Program but who are not eligible for Medicaid coverage by the Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Act of 2000.
Status: in committee.
www.capitol.hawaii.gov
Illinois
HB 3607: appropriates $2 million dollars from the General Revenue Fund for research in various areas including breast cancer.
Status: in committee.
www.legis.state.il.us
HB 4149: creates the Ovarian Cancer Awareness Fund and provides for issuance of ovarian cancer awareness license plates.
Status: in committee.
www.legis.state.il.us
SB 418: to provide that coverage under the Insurance Code, Health Maintenance Organization Act, and the Voluntary Health Services Plan must cover all generally medically accepted cancer screening tests.
Status: in committee.
www.legis.state.il.us
SB 419: to prohibit insurers from denying or canceling coverage solely because the insured or proposed insured is a breast cancer survivor or has a family history of breast cancer or both.
Status: in committee.
www.legis.state.il.us
Iowa
HB 104: to require third party payors of health expenses to provide coverage for screening tests for women who are at risk for ovarian cancer.
Status: in committee.
www.legis.state.ia.us
HB 378: prohibits certain uses of genetic information.
Status: in committee.
www.legis.state.ia.us
HB 526: establishes breast cancer research special motor vehicle registration plates.
Status: in committee.
www.legis.state.ia.us
Kentucky
SB 19: to require health benefit plans to provide coverage for colorectal cancer screenings in accordance with guidelines of the American Cancer Society.
www.lrc.state.ky.us
SB 84: to require the Transportation Cabinet to begin issuing special breast cancer license plates on January 1, 2005.
Status: in committee.
www.lrc.state.ky.us
Massachusetts
HB 170: relates to health insurance coverage for screening for prostate cancer.
Status: in committee.
www.state.ma.us
HB 1121: to provide that coverage for PSA (prostate-specific antigen) blood tests for the detection of prostate cancer be included in health insurance policies.
Status: in committee.
www.state.ma.us
HB 1515: to provide health insurance coverage for diagnostic screening for prostate cancer
Status: in committee.
www.state.ma.us
SB 926: to provide for greater insurance coverage for prostate cancer exams.
Status: in committee.
www.state.ma.us
SB 928: relates to legislation relative to insurance coverage for mammograms.
Status: in committee.
www.state.ma.us
Michigan
HB 4463: to create state-sponsored fundraising registration license plates for cancer. awareness
Status: in committee.
www.michiganlegislature.org
SB 598: to provide for specialty license plates for promoting awareness of breast cancer.
Status: in committee.
www.michiganlegislature.org
Minnesota
HB 1657: extends health coverage to include surveillance tests for ovarian cancer for women at risk.
Status: in committee.
www.leg.state.mn.us
Mississippi
HB 64: relates to genetic discrimination in health insurance
Status: in committee.
www.ls.state.ms.us
HB 70: relates to genetic information; prohibits discrimination by health benefit plans.
Status: in committee.
www.ls.state.ms.us
HB 182: relates to genetic testing and discrimination
Status: in committee.
www.ls.state.ms.us
Missouri
SB 493: relates to genetic screening.
Status: in committee.
www.moga.state.mo.us
SB 1046: relates to 'friends of kids with cancer' special license plates.
Status: in committee.
www.moga.state.mo.us
New Jersey
AB 275: dedicates funds from the Tobacco Settlement Fund to tobacco use prevention and cessation services.
Status: in committee.
www.njleg.state.nj.us
AB 1364: appropriates $75,000 from the Tobacco Settlement Fund for a grant to Screen for Life of Morris County.
Status: in committee.
www.njleg.state.nj.us
AB1489: to establish targeted breast cancer education and screening initiatives in the Department of Health and Senior Services; appropriates $75,000.
Status: in committee.
www.njleg.state.nj.us
AB 1733: to prove supplemental appropriations from the Tobacco Settlement Fund to the Department of Health and Senior Services for pediatric cancer treatment and research.
Status: in committee.
www.njleg.state.nj.us
AB 1737: to establish a 5-year Breast Cancer Screening Grant Fund Program in the Department of Health and Senior Services; appropriates $3.8 million from the Tobacco Settlement Fund each year for 5 years.
Status: in committee.
www.njleg.state.nj.us
AB 4051: to require insurance coverage for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for women at high risk for breast cancer.
Status: in committee.
www.njleg.state.nj.us
SB 236: establishes and appropriates funds to the Prostate Cancer Awareness, Education, and Research Program in the Department of Health and Senior Services.
Status: in committee.
www.njleg.state.nj.us
SB 605: to allocate $75,000 from the Cancer Screening Early Detection and Education Program for lung cancer in women activities.
Status: in committee.
www.njleg.state.nj.us
SB 2425: to require insurers and the State Health Benefits program to provide coverage for expenses incurred in screening for ovarian cancer.
Status: in committee.
www.njleg.state.nj.us
New Mexico
SM 2: that September be designated Gynecological Cancer Awareness Month in New Mexico.
Status: in committee.
www.legis.state.nm.us
New York
AB 280: to prohibit insurance companies from denying or canceling life and disability coverage based upon genetic information.
Status: in committee.
http://assembly.state.ny.us
AB 580: creates a "stop prostate cancer" distinctive license plate and applies revenues to prostate and testicular cancer research and education fund.
Status: in committee.
http://assembly.state.ny.us
AB 1557: to provide for corporate tax check-off and personal income tax check-off for gifts for colon cancer education; established Colon Cancer Education Fund.
Status: in committee.
http://assembly.state.ny.us
AB 3638: to require mapping of breast cancer in the state.
Status: in committee.
http://assembly.state.ny.us
AB 4314: to provide for corporate tax check-off and personal income tax check-off for colon cancer research and education.
Status: in committee.
http://assembly.state.ny.us
AB 4519: extends medical assistance to persons with breast and cervical cancer.
Status: in committee.
http://assembly.state.ny.us
AB 5937: directs the Commissioners of Environmental Conservation and Health to produce an environmental facility and cancer incidence map on the basis of a database to be completed.
Status: in committee.
http://assembly.state.ny.us
AB 6058: lowers age (from 50 to 40 years) for which diagnostic screening for prostate cancer is covered by health insurers for women without a family history of cancer or without other cancer risk factors.
Status: in committee.
http://assembly.state.ny.us
AB 6317: authorizes awarding of grants to community-based agencies and organizations that provide counseling, education and outreach programs for women diagnosed with breast cancer.
Status: in committee.
http://assembly.state.ny.us
AB 6927: grants leave to public officers for screening for prostate cancer.
Status: in committee.
http://assembly.state.ny.us
AB 7927: lowers age for required coverage of annual mammograms for women aged 40 and over covered under health and accidental insurance.
Status: in committee.
http://assembly.state.ny.us
SB 129: creates a "stop prostate cancer" distinctive license plate and applies revenues to prostate and testicular cancer research and education fund.
Status: in committee.
http://assembly.state.ny.us
SB 831: to provide for corporate tax check-off and personal income tax check-off for colon cancer research and education.
Status: in committee.
http://assembly.state.ny.us
SB 2101: grants leave to public officers for screening for prostate cancer.
Status: in committee.
http://assembly.state.ny.us
SB 2664: lowers age (from 50 to 40 years) for which diagnostic screening for prostate cancer is covered by health insurers for women without a family history of cancer or without other cancer risk factors.
Status: in committee.
http://assembly.state.ny.us
SB 2896: requires healthcare providers to provide coverage for colon cancer screening.
Status: in committee.
http://assembly.state.ny.us
Ohio
HB 228: to create a task force to study cancer death rates among African-Americans in Ohio.
Status: in committee.
www.legislature.state.oh.us
HB 331: raises cap on the amount of benefits health care plans may provide for the expense of screening mammography.
Status: in committee.
www.legislature.state.oh.us
Oregon
HB 2427: to require health insurance coverage for cancer screening.
Status: in committee.
www.leg.state.or.us
SB542: to require periodic colorectal and prostate cancer exams to be covered under health insurance policies.
Status: in committee.
www.leg.state.or.us
Pennsylvania
HB 854: prohibits discrimination in insurance coverage on the basis of genetic information.
Status: in committee.
www.legis.state.pa.us
HB 855: prohibits certain practices of discrimination because of genetic information or a request for genetic information.
Status: in committee.
www.legis.state.pa.us
HB 865: to provide for notification of coverage for colorectal cancer screening, clinical trial coverage, and cervical cancer coverage.
Status: in committee.
www.legis.state.pa.us
HB 1598: to provide for special registration plates to benefit cancer.
Status: in committee.
www.legis.state.pa.us
HB 2070: mandates health insurance coverage for cancer prevention and early detection programs.
Status: in committee.
www.legis.state.pa.us
SB 472: to provide for special breast cancer awareness plates.
Status: in committee.
www.legis.state.pa.us
SB 495: mandates health insurance coverage for colorectal screening.
Status: in committee.
www.legis.state.pa.us
SB 774: to prohibit discrimination in health insurance on the basis of genetic information or a request for genetic information.
Status: in committee.
www.legis.state.pa.us
Tennessee
HJR 740: to create a joint committee to study prevalence of cervical cancer and human papillomavirus in women and to evaluate current methods of public education and access to regular cervical cancer screening and options for increasing screening accuracy.
Status: in committee.
www.legislature.state.tn.us
HR 1980: to authorize the issuance of specialty license plates to promote breast cancer awareness; allocates 50% of funds to breast cancer research.
Status: in committee.
www.legislature.state.tn.us
Washington
HB 2404: to establish requirements for cancer registry information to be provided to cancer patients
Status: in committee.
www.leg.wa.gov
