2022 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 146
BY SENATOR TALBOT
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 22:1054.1(A), relative to insurance coverage for cancer
3 treatments; to prohibit denial of coverage in certain circumstances; and to provide
4 for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 22:1054.1(A) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 ยง1054.1. Requirement for coverage of cancer treatment targeting a specific genetic
8 mutation
9 A. No health coverage plan delivered or issued for delivery in this state shall
10 deny coverage for the treatment of metastatic or unresectable tumors or other
11 advanced cancers with a medically necessary drug prescribed by a physician on the
12 sole basis that the drug is not indicated for the specific tumor type or location in the
13 body of the patient's cancer if the drug is approved by the United States Food and
14 Drug Administration for the treatment of the specific mutation of the patient's in a
15 different type of cancer. Insurers shall not consider the treatment experimental
16 or outside of their policy scope if the United States Food and Drug
17 Administration has approved the drug for the treatment of cancer with the
18 specific genetic mutation, even if in a different tumor type. Such This coverage
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1 may be denied only if an alternative treatment has proven to be more effective in
2 published randomized clinical trials and is not contraindicated in the patient.
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PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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