S5004Referred to Committee
A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require a group health plan (or health insurance coverage offered in connection with such a plan) to provide for cost-sharing for oral anticancer drugs on terms no less favorable than the cost-sharing provided for anticancer medications administered by a health care provider.
Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber4
Passed Both5
Signed into Law119th
Congress
2026-07-15
Introduced
1
Cosponsors
S
ⓘType
Sponsor
Tina Smith
Democrat · MN · Senator
Votes with party: 86.3% (818 recorded votes)
Full profile: /officials/S001203
Source: Congress.gov · FEC
Cosponsors (1)
Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
2026-07-15
Source: Congress.gov
Committee Activity
Currently in
- Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and PensionsReferred To · 2026-07-15
Plain-English Summary
The bill would require employer health insurance plans to charge patients the same out-of-pocket costs for cancer drugs taken by mouth as they do for cancer drugs given by injection or infusion at a doctor's office. This change would help cancer patients afford oral medications, which are increasingly common treatments but are sometimes more expensive for patients to pay for than traditional IV treatments. The bill affects workers and their families who get health insurance through their employers.
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