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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