| State |
Bill No. |
Content Area |
| Alabama |
S.B. 17 |
Requires specified insurers to provide coverage for screening
mammography. |
| S.B. 300 |
Expands restrictions on the distribution of tobacco products, including
single cigarettes, and on minors' access to tobacco products imposes vendor licensure
requirements imposes penalties. |
| Alaska |
H.B. 114 |
Allows for the collection of data from health care records. |
| S.B. 13 |
Increases the excise tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products. |
| Arkansas |
H.B. 1530 |
Addresses enforcement of the tobacco access by minors law. |
| H.B. 1781 |
Prohibits smoking in certain rooms of the state Capitol Building. |
| H.B. 1843 |
Prohibits certain insurers from restricting benefits for post-mastectomy
inpatient care requires coverage for breast reconstructive surgery and prosthetic devices. |
| California |
S.B. 1 |
Requires physicians to inform patients about prostate cancer diagnostic
procedures. |
| S.C.R. 4 |
Requests the state Attorney General to bring suit against tobacco
companies for reimbursement of the costs incurred by the state's Medi-Cal program due to
smoking-related illnesses. |
| Colorado |
H.B. 1088 |
Requires lockout devices on cigarette vending machines. |
| Connecticut |
H.B. 6702 |
Appropriates funds for breast and cervical cancer detection. |
| H.B. 6891 |
Establishes a Breast Cancer Research and Education Account. |
| S.B. 334 |
Requires specified insurers to provide post-mastectomy inpatient coverage
and benefits for reconstructive surgery. |
| Delaware |
S.C.R. 17 |
Requests state officials to consider filing suit against tobacco
companies. |
| Florida |
H.B. 845 |
Expands restrictions on minors' access to tobacco restricts the
distribution of tobacco products prohibits giving tobacco products samples to persons
under age 18 requires lockout devices on tobacco product vending machines imposes
penalties allocates a portion of the penalty revenue for tobacco education. |
| S.B. 270 |
Specifies education and experience requirements for clinical laboratory
directors. |
| S.B. 530 |
Prohibits designated insurers from limiting inpatient coverage after a
mastectomy requires coverage for breast reconstructive surgery and prosthetic devices. |
| S.R. 2392 |
Recognized June 1997 as Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. |
| Hawaii |
S.B. 1286 |
Exempts minors under age 18 from tobacco purchasing prohibitions when
participating in law enforcement activities. |
| H.C.R. 205 |
Urges Native Hawaiians to participate in routine cancer screening and
testing. |
| Illinois |
H.B. 1881 |
Requires certain insurers to provide coverage for: (1) inpatient care
following a mastectomy, (2) an annual mammogram, (3) an annual Pap smear, and (4) an
annual digital rectal exam and PSA. |
| S.B. 1101 |
Authorizes the state Liquor Control Commission to conduct unannounced
inspections of tobacco vendors. |
| H.R. 148 |
Recommends using proceeds from litigation against the tobacco industry to
pay for smoking cessation products used in the state's Medicaid program. |
| Indiana |
H.B. 1684 |
Requires specified insurers to provide coverage for breast reconstruction
and prosthetic devices. |
| S.B. 66 |
Expands the definition of "public buildings" to include police
and fire stations. |
| Iowa |
S.F. 163 |
Restricts the placement of cigarette or tobacco product vending machines. |
| S.F. 499 |
Increases penalties for minors who violate youth access to tobacco laws. |
| S.F. 542 |
Creates a Tobacco Settlement Fund in the state Treasurer's office and
earmarks funds for programs to reduce teenage smoking. |
| Kansas |
H.B. 2181 |
Authorizes the collection of data pertaining to occurrences of cancer. |
| Maine |
L.D. 142 |
Increases the responsibilities of tobacco sellers restricts the placement
of cigarette or tobacco vending machines prohibits out-of-package sales imposes penalties. |
| L.D. 1153 |
Expands the definition of "public places" to include child care
areas in private residences. |
| L.D. 1275 |
Requires the adoption of rules allowing nonsmoking areas in a facility
conducting a beano or bingo game. |
| L.D. 1556 |
Requires specified insurers to provide coverage for post-mastectomy
inpatient care requires coverage for screening mammography. |
| L.D. 1615 |
Penalizes distributors who possess or intend to sell cigarettes without a
license. |
| L.D. 1902 |
Prohibits persons under age 18 from purchasing, possessing, or using
cigarettes, cigarette paper, or any tobacco product. |
| L.D. 1904 |
Increases the excise tax on cigarettes. |
| Maryland |
H.B. 1040/S.B. 428 |
Require designated insurers to provide coverage for a digital rectal exam
and a PSA. |
| Michigan |
H.R. 51 |
Proclaimed May 31, 1997, as Childhood Cancer Survivors Day. |
| Minnesota |
H.F. 117 |
Restricts the sale of tobacco products through vending machines imposes
requirements for self-service displays imposes penalties. |
| Mississippi |
H.B. 1389 |
Expands minors' access to tobacco laws requires tobacco retailers to
obtain a permit increases responsibilities of tobacco product sellers imposes penalties. |
| Montana |
H.B. 331 |
Restricts the placement of tobacco vending machines. |
| S.B. 324 |
Requires designated insurers to provide coverage for post-mastectomy
inpatient care requires coverage for reconstructive surgery, outpatient chemotherapy, and
prostheses addresses informed consent for breast cancer treatment. |
| S.J.R. 8 |
Urges Medicare coverage for annual mammograms. |
| New Hampshire |
H.B. 2 |
Increases the excise tax on cigarettes. |
| H.B. 442 |
Requires certain insurers to provide coverage for breast reconstruction. |
| H.B. 599 |
Expands the tobacco sales to minors law requires lock- out devices on
vending machines bans the use of tobacco products in any public educational facility
restricts the distribution of free tobacco products samples requires samplers to obtain a
license imposes penalties. |
| New Jersey |
A.B. 1139 |
Authorizes the creation of "Conquer Cancer" license plates to
raise funds to support cancer research. |
| S.B. 1704 |
Requires specified insurers to provide coverage for inpatient care
following a mastectomy. |
| S.B. 1705 |
Requires contracts purchased by the state Health Benefits Commission to
provide coverage for inpatient care following a mastectomy. |
| S.B. 1783 |
Requires designated insurers to provide benefits for breast
reconstructive surgery and prosthetic devices. |
| A.R. 6 |
Urges the President and Congress to support Federal legislation providing
funding for breast cancer research. |
| New Mexico |
S.B. 964 |
Requires certain insurers to provide coverage for inpatient care after a
mastectomy. |
| S.B. 1166 |
Requires Medicaid to perform mammograms based on nationally recognized
standards. |
| New York |
A.B. 2958 |
Presumes that certain cancers among firefighters are incurred in the line
of duty. |
| S.B. 4361 |
Requires the development of a standardized written summary about prostate
cancer. |
| North Dakota |
S.B. 2115 |
Requires certain insurers to provide coverage for an annual digital
rectal exam and PSA. |
| Oklahoma |
H.B. 1532 |
Requires designated insurers to provide inpatient coverage following a
mastectomy requires coverage for reconstructive surgery. |
| S.B. 619 |
Amends the Prevention of Youth Access to Tobacco Act imposes penalties. |
| Pennsylvania |
H.R. 146 |
Declared June 1997 as Leukemia Awareness Month. |
|
H.R. 175 |
Designated June 1, 1997, as National Cancer Survivors Day. |
| Rhode Island |
H.B. 5280/S.B. 38 |
Require specified insurers to provide coverage for inpatient care after a
mastectomy. |
| H.R. 5487 |
Resolves that the state House of Representatives will not smoke in the
State House. |
| H.R. 6837 |
Requests the state Attorney General to join other states in suing the
tobacco companies. |
| S.R. 23 |
Requests the state Attorney General to initiate action against tobacco
companies for reimbursement of the costs incurred by the state Medicaid program. |
| Tennessee |
H.B. 570 |
Requires specified insurers to provide coverage for prostate cancer early
detection services. |
| H.B. 697 |
Requires certain insurers to provide coverage for breast reconstruction. |
| S.B. 834 |
Prohibits specified insurers from excluding coverage for the off-label
use of drugs to treat life-threatening illnesses. |
| Texas |
H.B. 119 |
Requires manufacturers of cigarettes and tobacco products to assign a
nicotine yield rating to each product, and to identify the ingredients. |
| H.B. 349 |
Requires designated insurers to provide coverage for post-mastectomy
inpatient care. |
| H.B. 1427 |
Restricts smoking by employees of the state Department of Criminal
Justice to designated areas. |
| H.B. 1534 |
Relates to certification and inspection of mammography systems and
imposes duties on facilities that fail to meet standards. |
| S.B. 55 |
Expands restrictions on tobacco sales to minors and on minors' access to
cigarettes and tobacco products imposes penalties amends advertising provisions requires
implementation of a campaign designed to reduce tobacco use by minors. |
| S.B. 217 |
Requires certain insurers to provide coverage for breast reconstruction. |
| S.B. 258 |
Requires specified insurers to provide coverage for an annual prostate
cancer diagnostic exam, including a PSA. |
| H.C.R. 286/S.R. 920 |
Encourage the state Department of Health to partner with the American
Cancer Society, and others, to help reduce the impact of tobacco use on the citizens of
the state. |
| Vermont |
H.B. 255 |
Requires certain insurers to provide coverage for growth cell stimulating
factor injections for cancer treatment. |
| S.B. 156 |
Expands the minors' access to tobacco law prohibits persons from selling
or providing tobacco to minors imposes penalties requires a policy prohibiting students'
possession and use of tobacco products includes in the statewide education curriculum the
legal consequences of possessing tobacco products. |
| Virginia |
H.B. 2530/S.B. 1162 |
Increase the civil penalties for violators of certain provisions of the
minors' access to tobacco law. |
| Washington |
H.B. 1081 |
Requires school districts to adopt policies banning the use of tobacco
products on public school property. |
| West Virginia |
H.B. 2050 |
Appropriates $192,487 to the state's cancer registry. |
| S.B. 415 |
Prohibits the use or possession of tobacco products by inmates in state
correctional facilities. |
