| State |
Bill No. |
Content Area |
Alaska
|
H.B. 189 |
Prohibits the sale of cigarettes, cigars, or
tobacco products without clerk intervention; allows certain exemptions; imposes penalties.
|
| H.J.R. 29 |
Supports increased Federal funding for
prostate cancer research; requests U.S. presidential support for prostate cancer research.
|
| Arizona |
H.B. 2012 |
Schedules the July 1, 2001, expiration date
of the Medical Radiologic Technology Board of Examiners. |
| H.B. 2096 |
Requires recipients of cancer research grants
from the state Disease Control Research Commission to use the monies solely for specific
cancer research. |
| California
|
A.C.R. 112 |
Proclaims October 1998 as Breast Cancer
Awareness Month. |
| A.C.R. 127 |
Recognized April 1998 as Ovarian Cancer
Awareness Month. |
| S.J.R. 32 |
Requests the U.S. Congress to divert funds to
the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to cover costs of compensation paid to veterans
suffering as a result of smoking while on active duty. |
| Colorado |
H.B. 1328 |
Authorizes each Board of County Commissioners
within the state to adopt a resolution or ordinance prohibiting minors from possessing
cigarettes or tobacco products. |
| H.B. 1387 |
Prohibits retailers from selling or
permitting sales of cigarettes or tobacco products to minors; includes sign-posting
provisions; imposes penalties and specifies an enforcement authority. |
| Connecticut |
S./S.B. 80 |
Prohibits employers, employment agencies, and
labor organizations from discriminatory practices against current or prospective employees
on the basis of genetic information; specifies penalties. |
| Delaware |
H.R. 84 |
Recognizes September 26, 1998, as the day of
"THE MARCH," in memory of Delaware citizens who died of cancer. |
| H.R. 85 |
Creates the Delaware Youth Tobacco Prevention
Task Force to research ways to reduce youth smoking. |
| Florida |
H.B. 1213
|
Creates the Prostate Cancer Task Force to
identify gaps in public education and research and to improve public awareness about
prostate cancer; requires development of standardized prostate-related written summaries. |
| H.B. 3783 |
Dedicates a specified percentage of the
Alcoholic Beverage and Tobacco Trust Fund to the development of a cancer research facility
at the University of South Florida. |
| S.B. 720 |
Eliminates an exemption relating to minors
working in conjunction with law enforcement agencies to test tobacco dealer compliance. |
| S.B. 1268 |
Creates the Tobacco Settlement Trust Fund to
accept deposit of all funds received by the state as a result of its tobacco industry
settlement. |
| S.B. 1270 |
Appropriates funds from tobacco settlement
revenues for enforcement of the minors' access to tobacco law and for specified tobacco
education programs. |
| H.R. 9469 |
Recognizes the American Cancer Society's
Buddy Check Program as an important factor in the fight against breast cancer; urges all
women to take preventive and supportive steps to minimize breast cancer-related risks. |
| H.R. 9563 |
Declares October 1998 as Breast Cancer
Awareness Month. |
| Georgia |
S.B. 444 |
Prohibits smoking in specified public
transportation vehicles and locations; imposes penalties. |
| S.B. 603 |
Requires specified insurers to provide coverage for routine patient care
costs incurred in connection with approved clinical trial programs for the treatment of
children's cancer. |
| Hawaii |
H.C.R. 14 |
Requests the state Auditor to study the social and financial impact of
requiring specified employer-based insurance policies to provide coverage for
post-mastectomy breast reconstructive surgery. |
| Iowa |
H.F. 2120 |
Prohibits selling or offering for sale
cigarettes or tobacco products in quantities less than a carton without retailer
assistance. |
| Illinois |
S.B. 1383 |
Requires the state Department of Health to
conduct a program to promote awareness, information, and early detection of prostate and
testicular cancer, subject to appropriations and funding. |
| Kansas |
H.B. 2726 |
Clarifies persons in violation of the state's
youth access to tobacco law. |
Kentucky
|
H.B. 618 |
Prohibits specified insurers from excluding
coverage for any off-label use of a drug prescribed for the treatment of cancer. |
| H.B. 864 |
Requires specified insurers that cover
mastectomies to also make available and offer coverage for post-mastectomy breast
reconstruction surgery. |
| S.B. 146 |
Authorizes peace officers and employees of
the state Department of Agriculture to issue citations to juveniles who obtain tobacco
products by way of retail sale, vending machine, or product samples; specifies penalties
against minors. |
| S.B. 247 |
Creates the Tobacco Settlement Agreement
Fund; specifies priorities for distribution of funds from the Federal tobacco settlement. |
| S.B. 307 |
Prohibits the retail sale of cigarettes in
packages of fewer than 20; imposes penalties. |
| Louisiana |
H.R. 75 |
Urges the state House Committee on Health and
Welfare to study the effects of tobacco on health and to develop a statewide plan for the
prevention of tobacco-related illnesses. |
| S.C.R. 34 |
Designated April 1998 as Cancer Awareness
Month. |
| S.C.R. 62/S.R. 41 |
Urge the Louisiana State University Medical
Center to dedicate all possible resources to the development of programs and strategies
designed to increase prostate and cervical cancer screening rates among African Americans. |
| Maine |
L.D. 1060 |
Requires specified insurers to provide coverage for prostate cancer early
detection services. |
| L.D. 1243 |
Prohibits employers and certain insurers from
discriminatory practices against current or prospective employees and policy holders,
respectively, on the basis of genetic-related information; specifies penalties. |
| L.D. 2068 |
Prohibits specified insurers from excluding
coverage for the off-label use of drugs to treat cancer. |
| Maryland |
H.B. 45/S.B. 137 |
Requires specified insurers to provide coverage for costs of medically
necessary health care services that clinical trial participants have incurred as a result
of prevention, early detection, and treatment studies on cancer. |
| H.B. 766/S.B. 634 |
Require the state Department of Health and
Mental Hygiene to establish a breast cancer program for under-served women. |
| S.B. 643 |
Prohibits specified private insurers from reimbursing health care
practitioners for less than the cost of oncology drugs covered under insurance benefits;
provides certain exemptions. |
| S.B. 652 |
Amends previous product liability laws
relating to state legal actions against tobacco product manufacturers. |
| Massachusetts |
H.B. 5190 |
Requires specified insurers to provide
coverage for expenses for prostheses worn for hair loss resulting from cancer or leukemia. |
| Michigan |
H.R. 282 |
Proclaimed May 30, 1998, as Childhood Cancer
Survivors Day. |
| Nebraska |
L.B. 1070 |
Establishes the Nebraska Health Care Fund Act to specify uses for tobacco
settlement funds; establishes the Native American Public Health Act to provide tobacco
education and breast and cervical cancer early detection services. |
| New Hampshire |
H.B. 147 |
Requires the state Department of Health and Human Services to make
publicly available tobacco product ingredient information on an annual basis. |
| S.B. 497 |
Mandates that state tobacco-related funds are
subject to the same requirements as Federal block grants. |
| New Jersey |
A.B. 553 |
Prohibits smoking in indoor areas of child
care centers when children are present; includes a sign- posting provision;
specifies penalties. |
| Oklahoma |
H.B. 3169 |
Prohibits employers and certain insurers from
discriminatory practices against employees or policy-holders on the basis of genetic
testing or genetic information; specifies penalties. |
| S.B. 873 |
Requires specified public employee health
plans to provide coverage for side effects that are commonly associated with
prostate-related conditions. |
| H.R. 1054 |
Declared May 6, 1998, as Women's Health Day; urges the legislature to
collaborate with the state Women's Health Network to promote women's health issues, and to
develop a statewide awareness campaign relating to cervical, breast, and lung cancer. |
| Pennsylvania |
H.R. 427 |
Declared June 1998, as Leukemia Awareness
Month. |
| H.R. 443 |
Requests the state House of Representatives
to memorialize the President and U.S. Congress to enact the Ovarian Cancer Research and
Information Amendments of 1997. |
| H.R. 461 |
Designated June 7, 1998, as Cancer Survivors
Day. |
| Rhode Island |
H.B. 8728 |
Reinstates and authorizes the Special
Legislative Committee to Study the Feasibility of Establishing a Central Cancer Resource
Network to continue its work. |
| S.B. 3055 |
Declared April 1998 as Prostate Cancer
Awareness Month. |
South Carolina
|
H.B. 3985 |
Requires specified insurers to provide
coverage for breast, cervical, and prostate cancer-related services. |
| S.B. 535 |
Prohibits: (1) specified insurers from
discriminatory practices based on genetic information, and (2) the performance of genetic
tests without prior consent: specifies penalties. |
| Vermont |
H.B. 749 |
Establishes a cause of action allowing the
state to recover Medicaid benefits for tobacco-related health conditions from tobacco
manufacturers. |
Virginia
|
H.B. 542 |
Requires specified insurers to provide
coverage for post-mastectomy inpatient care. |
| H.B. 610 |
Requires state employee health care plans and
the state plan for medical assistance services to provide coverage for annual Pap smears. |
| H.B. 915/S.B. 705 |
Require certain insurers to provide coverage
for one PSA test in a 12-month period and digital rectal examinations. |
H.B. 1084
|
Requires the state Board of Medical Assistance Services to include in its
plan a provision for payment of medical assistance for prostheses following medically
necessary breast removal procedures. |
| H.B. 1202 |
Requires the state Board of Medical Assistance Services to include medical
assistance payment provisions for low-dose screening mammograms; specifies mammography
quality guidelines. |
| H.B. 1430/S.B. 716 |
Authorize the state Alcoholic Beverage
Control Board to use state tax information to create and maintain a list of retail tobacco
dealers to facilitate enforcement of tobacco product sales to youth laws. |
| S.B. 548 |
Requires physicians to report information on patients with cancer. |
| S.B. 696 |
Prohibits tobacco product vending machines in
places open to the general public; imposes penalties. |
| West Virginia |
H.B. 2395 |
Prohibits selling, giving, or furnishing
cigarettes or tobacco products to persons under age 18; specifies penalties. |
| S.B. 25 |
Prohibits specified insurers from denying
breast reconstruction coverage following mastectomy. |
| Wisconsin |
A.B. 157 |
Prohibits specified insurers from
discriminating on the basis of individual or family-member genetic tests or test results;
expands the state's list of prohibited insurance practices. |
| S.B. 313 |
Prohibits selling or providing free or
nominal-cost cigarettes or tobacco products to persons under age 18 or to any person, with
certain exceptions; specifies vending machine location restrictions. |
| S.B. 329 |
Presumes that cancers contracted by municipal fire fighters were caused
during course of their employment. |
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