ICAN's Efforts to Expand Access
to Oral Anticancer Drugs
- States that have enacted oral chemotherapy access laws
- States in which ICAN is actively working for oral chemotherapy access
States and year in which legislation was passed and enacted:
- 2008 — Oregon (SB 8)
- 2009 — 2009 Indiana (SB 437), Iowa (SB 478; page 71, line 11) , Hawaii (SB 166), District of Columbia (B18-278),
- 2010 — Vermont (H 444; page 119), Connecticut (SB 50), Kansas (HB 2160), Colorado (HB 10-1202), Minnesota (SF 1761)
- 2011 — Illinois (HB 1825), New Mexico (SB 385), Texas (H 438), New York (A06233), Washington (EHB 1517)
- New Jersey (S1834)
- 2012 — New Jersey, Virginia, Maryland, Nebraska, Delaware, Louisiana
- 2013 — Massachusettes, Oklahoma, Utah, Nevada, Florida, Rhode Island, California
- 2014 — Maine, Missouri, Wisconsin, Kentucky, Georgia, Arizona, Ohio
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Delaware Cancer Treatment Access Coalition memo
Gov. Christie signs bills to help those suffering serious illnesses obtain insurance - Text of bill
Insurance loophole on cancer treatments sticks patients with extreme cost
Oral chemotherapy treatments for cancer should be covered by insurance
Chemotherapy Or Pills? Difference Can Be Hundreds Of Dollars
Testimony before the Texas Senate Committee on State Affairs in support of SB1345
Insurance forced to pay for cancer meds
Testimony of Pat O'Connell before the Texas State Legislature
Patient and Plan Characteristics Affecting Abandonment of Oral Oncolytic Prescriptions