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Committee bars step‑therapy for metastatic cancer patients, citing delays that cost lives
2765031 · March 25, 2025
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Summary
The Insurance Committee approved an amendment to HB 858 that prevents insurers from imposing step‑therapy (fail‑first) requirements on patients with metastatic cancer; committee members and the sponsor said delays of days or weeks can be devastating.
The House Insurance Committee unanimously approved an amendment to House Bill 858 that would prohibit step‑therapy (commonly called “fail‑first”) requirements for patients with metastatic cancer.
Representative Alexander, who sponsored the amendment, framed step therapy as an insurer policy that forces patients to…
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