HB1956

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to step therapy.

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HB1956 amends Tennessee law to eliminate step therapy requirements for cancer treatments.

HB1956 modifies Tennessee Code to remove step therapy protocols for cancer treatments. This change applies to health benefit plans providing coverage for cancer and associated conditions, effective January 1, 2027. The bill also removes specific references to stage 4 advanced metastatic cancer and metastatic blood cancer from relevant sections. The commissioner of commerce and insurance and the commissioner of health are authorized to create rules to implement these changes, following the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act.

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Sponsors

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Democratic CaucusRepublican Caucus

Roll Call Votes

30 Yea

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3 Nay

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History

May 26

Pub. Ch. 995

May 26

Effective date(s) 01/01/2027

May 19

Signed by Governor.