For more information about insurance coverage of clinical trial costs, see this feature's main page: States That Require Health Plans to Cover Patient Care Costs in Clinical Trials. Legislation: House Bill 837 Effective: July 2005 What clinical trials are covered? Phase I, II, III, and IV clinical trials for the treatment of cancer approved by one of the following: - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), in the form of an Investigational New Drug Application
- U.S. Department of Defense
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Who is required to pay? - Any health benefit plan offered by an employer, including managed care organizations; excludes individually underwritten health insurance policies.
Other key criteria: - The subject of the trial must evaluate a drug, medical device or service that falls within a Medicare benefit category.
- Limits coverage to those drugs, medical devices, and services that have been approved by the FDA and that are used in the clinical management of the patient.
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