Requires health insurance policies and medicaid to cover biomarker precision medical testing for certain purposes
Summary
Requires health insurance policies and medicaid to cover biomarker precision medical testing for diagnosis, treatment, or appropriate management of, or ongoing monitoring to guide treatment decisions for, a covered person's disease or condition when the test has recognized efficacy and appropriateness for such purposes.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Jan 2024
Assembly Passage
Jan 2024
Senate Passage
Jan 2024
Signed into Law
Feb 2024
Introduced Jan 4, 2024
Signed Feb 7, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Jan 29, 2024 · Assembly Jan 23, 2024
How they voted
59–0
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 63
Jan 29, 2024
D
Democratic42
97% Yea
R
Republican21
85% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
15
Key actions
3
Committee
4
Feb 7, 2024
Signed into law
SIGNED CHAP.29
Jan 29, 2024
Senate · Passed
PASSED SENATE
Jan 23, 2024
Senate · Referred to committee
REFERRED TO RULES
Jan 23, 2024
Assembly · Passed
PASSED ASSEMBLY
Jan 22, 2024
Assembly · Referred to committee
REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
Jan 8, 2024
Assembly · Referred to committee
REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
Jan 4, 2024
Assembly · Referred to committee
REFERRED TO INSURANCE
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Pamela Hunter
DDemocratic
Co
Aileen Gunther
DDemocratic
Co
Angelo Santabarbara
DDemocratic
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