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Senate bill · S. 5004 (119th Congress)

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)…

U.S. Senate

Latest action Jul 15, 2026

Sponsor: Tina Smith (U.S. Senator for Minnesota, Democratic)

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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.

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Summary

The bill would amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require group health plans and associated health insurance coverage to apply cost-sharing for orally administered anticancer drugs on terms no less favorable than the cost-sharing applied to anticancer medications administered by a health care provider.

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Where it stands

Assigned to a committee for review.

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Up for a vote
  4. Passed one chamber
  5. Passed
  6. Enacted

Committee

Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions · U.S. Senate

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Full history

  1. Jul 15, 2026

    Introduced

    Introduced in U.S. Senate

    U.S. Senate

  2. Jul 15, 2026

    Referred to committee

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

  3. Jul 15, 2026

    Referred to committee

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

  4. Jul 15, 2026

    Referred to committee

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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