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2019 Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title XXII - Corporations
Chapter 176a - Non-Profit Hospital Service Corporations
Section 8ff - Coverage for Orally Administered Anticancer Medications
Universal Citation: MA Gen L ch 176a § 8ff (2019)
Section 8FF. Any contract between a subscriber and the corporation under an individual or group hospital service plan which is delivered, issued or renewed within the commonwealth that provides coverage for cancer chemotherapy treatment shall provide coverage for prescribed, orally administered anticancer medications used to kill or slow the growth of cancerous cells on a basis not less favorable than intravenously administered or injected cancer medications that are covered as medical benefits. An increase in patient cost sharing for anticancer medications shall not be allowed to achieve compliance with this section.
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