HB 1952 -- Health Insurance Coverage for Clinical Trials

Co-Sponsors:  Monaco, Crump, Abel, O'Toole, Bowman

This bill requires health insurance plans to provide coverage for
routine patient care costs incurred as a result of participating
in clinical trials for the prevention and treatment of cancer or
the treatment of other life threatening illnesses.  The clinical
trial must be approved or funded by one of the entities which are
specified in the bill.

Entities seeking coverage of a clinical trial approved by an
academic institutional review board in Missouri are required to
maintain and electronically list clinical trials which meet the
requirements of the bill.

Providers participating in clinical trials are required to obtain
a patient's informed consent which is consistent with current
legal and ethical standards.  Information required by this
provision will be available to the health insurer upon request.

A policy, plan, or contract paid under Title 18 or Title 19 of
the federal Social Security Act is exempt from the requirements
of the bill.

Missouri House of Representatives
Last Updated October 11, 2002 at 9:03 am