Following is a listing of executive and legislative action for the week of July 11. Members of the House of Representatives are scheduled to return to Harrisburg on Sept. 19; Senate members on Sept. 26.
Signed Into Law
• Gov. Tom Wolf signed HB 60, sponsored by Rep. Matt Baker, R-Tioga, which will require insurance companies to provide coverage for oral anti-cancer medications on the same level they do for intravenous treatments. Baker said HB 60, now Act 37 of 2016, addresses the cost disparity between intravenous and oral anti-cancer treatments. Previously, intravenous anti-cancer medications were covered under a health plan’s medical benefit, often only requiring patients to pay a minimal fixed co-payment; however, oral anti-cancer medications were covered under a health plan’s pharmacy benefit, and required patients to pay a percentage of the total cost of the drug, generally between 25 and 30 percent. With the average cost for a one-month supply of an oral anti-cancer medication costing $7,000, some cancer patients in Pennsylvania were left with a co-insurance cost of between $1,400 and $3,500 per month.
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