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2020 New Hampshire Revised Statutes
Title XXXVII - Insurance
Title 415 - Accident and Health Insurance
Section 415:6-t - Oral Anti-Cancer Therapies.
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NH Rev Stat § 415:6-t (2020)
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415:6-t Oral Anti-Cancer Therapies. –
I. No insurer that issues or renews any individual policy, plan, or contract of accident or health insurance providing benefits for anti-cancer medications that are injected or intravenously administered by a health care provider and patient administered anti-cancer medications, including but not limited to those orally administered or self-injected, shall require a higher copayment, deductible, or coinsurance amount for patient administered anti-cancer medication than it requires for injected or intravenously administered anti-cancer medications, regardless of the formulation or benefit category determination by the policy or plan.
II. An insurer shall not comply with paragraph I by:
(a) Increasing the copayment, deductible, or coinsurance amount required for injected or intravenously administered anti-cancer medication that are covered under the policy or plan.
(b) Reclassifying benefits with respect to anti-cancer medications.
III. In this section, "anti-cancer medication" means drugs and biologics that are used to kill, slow, or prevent the growth of cancerous cells.
IV. If the cost-sharing requirements for orally administered anti-cancer medications do not exceed $200 per prescription fill, the health plan shall be deemed in compliance with this section.
V. For a health care contract that meets the definition of a "high deductible plan" set forth in 26 U.S.C. section 223(c) (2), a carrier shall be exempt from the provisions of paragraphs I-IV until an enrollee's deductible has been satisfied for the year.
VI. This section shall apply only to oral anti-cancer medications where an intravenously administered or injected anti-cancer medication is not medically appropriate.
VII. This section shall not apply to policies which are solely to replace income or pay a predetermined fixed amount based on the occurrence of a specified medical or health event.
I. No insurer that issues or renews any individual policy, plan, or contract of accident or health insurance providing benefits for anti-cancer medications that are injected or intravenously administered by a health care provider and patient administered anti-cancer medications, including but not limited to those orally administered or self-injected, shall require a higher copayment, deductible, or coinsurance amount for patient administered anti-cancer medication than it requires for injected or intravenously administered anti-cancer medications, regardless of the formulation or benefit category determination by the policy or plan.
II. An insurer shall not comply with paragraph I by:
(a) Increasing the copayment, deductible, or coinsurance amount required for injected or intravenously administered anti-cancer medication that are covered under the policy or plan.
(b) Reclassifying benefits with respect to anti-cancer medications.
III. In this section, "anti-cancer medication" means drugs and biologics that are used to kill, slow, or prevent the growth of cancerous cells.
IV. If the cost-sharing requirements for orally administered anti-cancer medications do not exceed $200 per prescription fill, the health plan shall be deemed in compliance with this section.
V. For a health care contract that meets the definition of a "high deductible plan" set forth in 26 U.S.C. section 223(c) (2), a carrier shall be exempt from the provisions of paragraphs I-IV until an enrollee's deductible has been satisfied for the year.
VI. This section shall apply only to oral anti-cancer medications where an intravenously administered or injected anti-cancer medication is not medically appropriate.
VII. This section shall not apply to policies which are solely to replace income or pay a predetermined fixed amount based on the occurrence of a specified medical or health event.
Source. 2015, 263:6, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.
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