Allows patients with life-threatening or severely debilitating illnesses to access individualized investigational treatments.
The bill enacts the Right to Try for Individualized Treatments Act, allowing patients with life-threatening or severely debilitating illnesses to access individualized investigational treatments. These treatments are unique to the patient and based on their genetic profile. Manufacturers can provide these treatments without compensation or require patients to pay associated costs. The bill also ensures that healthcare providers' licenses are not affected by their recommendations for such treatments and that patients' heirs are not liable for treatment-related debts.
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