2011 Oregon Revised Statutes
ORS Volume 16, Chapters 705 - 752
ORS Chapter 743a
743A.192 Clinical trials.

(1) A health benefit plan, as defined in ORS 743.730, shall provide coverage for the routine costs of the care of patients enrolled in and participating in qualifying clinical trials.

(2) As used in subsection (1) of this section, routine costs :

(a) Means medically necessary conventional care, items or services covered by the health benefit plan if typically provided absent a clinical trial.

(b) Does not include:

(A) The drug, device or service being tested in the clinical trial unless the drug, device or service would be covered for that indication by the health benefit plan if provided outside of a clinical trial;

(B) Items or services required solely for the provision of the drug device or service being tested in the clinical trial;

(C) Items or services required solely for the clinically appropriate monitoring of the drug, device or service being tested in the clinical trial;

(D) Items or services required solely for the prevention, diagnosis or treatment of complications arising from the provision of the drug, device or service being tested in the clinical trial;

(E) Items or services that are provided solely to satisfy data collection and analysis needs and that are not used in the direct clinical management of the patient;

(F) Items or services customarily provided by a clinical trial sponsor free of charge to any participant in the clinical trial; or

(G) Items or services that are not covered by the health plan if provided outside of the clinical trial.

(3) As used in subsection (1) of this section, qualifying clinical trial means a clinical trial that is:

(a) Funded by the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the United States Department of Defense or the United States Department of Veterans Affairs;

(b) Supported by a center or cooperative group that is funded by the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the United States Department of Defense or the United States Department of Veterans Affairs;

(c) Conducted as an investigational new drug application, an investigational device exemption or a biologics license application subject to approval by the United States Food and Drug Administration; or

(d) Exempt by federal law from the requirement to submit an investigational new drug application to the United States Food and Drug Administration.

(4) The coverage required by this section may be subject to provisions of the health benefit plan that apply to other benefits within the same category, including but not limited to copayments, deductibles and coinsurance.

(5) An insurer that provides coverage required by this section is not, based upon that coverage, liable for any adverse effects of the clinical trial. [2009 c.274 2]