D441C6CBBA8C5715872586940070E3AB Hearing Summary

Representative McCormick, bill sponsor, introduced HB21-1020.  For health insurance plans that provide coverage for cancer treatment, the bill prohibits insurance carriers from applying a higher standard of evidence to the coverage of proton beam therapy than is applied to other radiation therapy treatments.  She distributed a handout to the committee members (Attachment A). 

Representative Soper, bill sponsor, continued introducing HB21-1020. The bill sponsors played a video for the committee.

Rep. McCorminck requested the committee members vote to postpone the bill indefinitely.

Sami Diab, representing himself, testified in support of the bill.

The witness responded to questions from the committee.

The bill sponsors responded to questions from the committee.

Committee members made comments on the bill.

The bill sponsors responded to questions from the committee.