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119th Congress

S. 5004

Cancer Drug Parity Act of 2026

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Passed House
  5. To President
  6. Became law
Sponsor
Tina Smith(D-MN)
Introduced
Jul 15, 2026
Policy area
Health
Committees
Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Official text
Introduced in Senate · Congress.gov page

Cosponsors (4)

Original cosponsors (1)

Added later (3)

Summary

No Congressional Research Service summary yet. CRS usually publishes one a few weeks after a bill is introduced.

Official title: A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require a group health plan (or health insurance coverage offered in connection with such a plan) to provide for cost-sharing for oral anticancer drugs on terms no less favorable than the cost-sharing provided for anticancer medications administered by a health care provider.

Latest action(Jul 15, 2026): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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