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House OKs bills expanding insurance coverage for cancer-support therapies, infant specialty formulas and a liver cancer procedure
Summary
Lawmakers approved measures requiring private insurers to cover cold‑cap and cryotherapy aids, acupuncture for cancer patients, amino‑acid formulas for infants with severe allergies and histotripsy for certain liver cancers; bills passed with wide support.
Lede The Louisiana House on May 20 approved a set of health insurance bills aimed at expanding coverage for targeted therapies and medically necessary nutritional and therapeutic interventions for infants and cancer patients.
Nut graf Representatives on the floor approved measures including a package carried by Rep. Jill Freeman to require coverage of three cancer‑support therapies (cold‑cap therapy, cryotherapy kits and acupuncture), a bill by Rep. Stephanie Hilferty to require coverage of amino‑acid–based formula for infants with medically necessary conditions, and a measure to add coverage for histotripsy procedures for some liver cancers. Supporters said the bills align state…
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