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Committee advances health‑benefit review bill including biomarker mandate; advocates urge alignment with ACS recommendations
Summary
HB 6895, requiring health‑benefit reviews and collecting data on mandated benefits, was advanced to the floor. Members discussed including biomarker coverage and several asked for language changes to match advocacy guidance from the American Cancer Society.
The committee voted to send HB 6895 (LCO 5777) to the floor; the measure requires health‑benefit review processes, data collection on mandated benefits and includes language on biomarker coverage that originated in the Aging Committee.
Senator Lesser raised concerns that the biomarker language in the JFS draft differs materially from the American Cancer Society’s…
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