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Senate committee reports bill to require insurer coverage for proton cancer therapy
Summary
The Senate Insurance Committee reported Senate Bill 129 with amendments after hearing from a patient and sponsor testimony that insurers are denying proton therapy despite clinical guidelines.
Senate Bill 129, which would require health insurers to cover proton beam therapy for cancer when recommended under clinical guidelines, was reported with amendments by the Senate Insurance Committee on April 23.
The bill’s sponsor, Senator Presley, told the committee the legislation would bar insurers from denying coverage for proton therapy when treatment is recommended in the American Society for Radiation Oncology practice guidelines and that committee amendments clean up the statutory language.
Skeeter Saleem, an attorney who described himself as a cancer survivor and a member of the UL board, testified about choosing proton therapy at MD Anderson and the difficulty he faced obtaining…
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