Access to Cancer Clinical Trials Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-6247
Sponsor: Rep. Pryce, Deborah [R-OH-15]
Introduced: 2006-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Clinical trials
Collective bargaining
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost accounting
Discrimination in insurance
Discrimination in medical care
Employee health benefits
Finance and Financial Sector
Health insurance
Labor and Employment
Labor contracts
Medical economics
Medical fees
Medical research
Patients' rights
Peer review organizations (Medicine)
Pharmaceutical research
Science, Technology, Communications
Standards

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: 
Access to Cancer Clinical Trials Act of 2006 - Amends the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), and the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit a group health plan or a health insurance issuer offering health insurance coverage in connection with such a plan from: (1) denying an eligible participant or beneficiary participation in clinical trials related to the treatment of cancer that are federally funded or conducted under an investigational new drug application reviewed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA); (2) denying (or limiting or imposing additional conditions on) the coverage of routine patient costs for items and services furnished in connection with such participation; or (3) discriminating against an individual on the basis of such participation. Includes as routine patient costs all items and services provided in the clinical trial that are otherwise generally available to a qualified individual, with certain exceptions. 
 
Applies such prohibitions to coverage offered in the individual market.
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to study the impact on group health plans and health insurance issuers of requiring them to cover routine patient care costs for individuals with serious and life threatening diseases other than cancer.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-11-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
action_date: 2006-10-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: Introduced in House