This chart includes policy and legislative opportunities in various states.
| Year Introduced | State | Issue | Type (Letter, Regulation Comments, Legislation) | Bill Number & Title | Description | Position Statements & Coalition and Triage Cancer Letter of Support | Status | Advocacy Opportunity | |||
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| 2025 | Colorado | Biomarker Testing | Proposed Rule/Regulations | https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qDGLwOC1GcPP1YSF-Jbd6UEr6s_JOlkW/view?pli=1 | DRAFT Proposed New Bulletin No. B-4.1XX Concerning Coverage of Biomarker Tests in Health Benefit Plans | Letter of support suggesting language for regulations to clarify the coverage requirements and implementation timeline of biomarker testing required under CO SB 24-124 that was signed into law last year. | Support | https://triagecancer.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/CO-Biomarker-Reg-Comments-Support-Letter.pdf | Draft Bulletin Under Review | Not At This Time | Not Answered |
| 2025 | Illinois | Genetics | Legislation | https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2534&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=114&GA=104 | IL HB2534 - Amends the Genetic Information Privacy Act | This bill would amend the Illinois Genetic Information Privacy Act (GIPA) to prevent insurers from asking for genetic testing information in connection with any life insurance policy. | Support | Re-referred to Rules Committee (3/21/2025) | Contact your representative to ask them to support this legislation | https://www.commoncause.org/find-your-representative/ | |
| 2025 | Illinois | Genetics | Legislation | https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3605&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=114&GA=104 | IL HB3605 - Amends IL Insurance Code | This amendment would remove the $50 co-pay for genetic testing of inherited gene mutations for people with a personal or family history of cancer, and add coverage of cancer screenings for individuals with an increased risk of cancer. | Support | Re-referred to Rules Committee (4/11/2025) | Contact your representative to ask them to support this legislation | https://www.commoncause.org/find-your-representative/ | |
| 2025 | Maine | Access to Care | Legislation | https://legislature.maine.gov/billtracker/#Paper/1502?legislature=132 | HP 986, LD 1502 - An Act to Update the Requirements for Health Insurance Coverage of Prostate Cancer Screening | This bill requires health insurance companies to provide prostate cancer screening as recommended by a physician with no cost-sharing. | Support | Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature (6/25/2025) | Contact your representative to ask them to support this legislation | https://www.commoncause.org/find-your-representative/ | |
| 2025 | Massachusetts | Biomarker Testing | Legislation | https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4339/CommitteeVote | H.4339 (previously H.1227) - An Act relative to patient access to biomarker testing to provide appropriate therapy | This bill would require all state-regulated health insurance plans to provide coverage of biomarker testing for the purposes of diagnosis, treatment, appropriate management, or ongoing monitoring of an enrollee’s disease or condition. | Support | Referred to Committee on House Ways and Means (12/4/2025) | Contact your representative to ask them to support this legislation | https://www.commoncause.org/find-your-representative/ | |
| 2024 | New Jersey | Access to Care | Legislation | https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/2024/A1841 | NJ A1841/S3060 - An act concerning health insurance coverage for prostate cancer screening | This bill would expand requirements for health insurance carriers concerning prostate cancer screening and require that coverage be provided without cost sharing. | Support | Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee (11/24/2025) / Referred to Senate Commerce Committee (4/8/2025) | Contact the Assembly in each chamber to ask them to support this legislation | https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/committees/assembly-committees | |
| 2025 | North Carolina | Biomarker Testing | Legislation | https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/H567 | NC H567 - Ensure Access to Biomarker Testing | This bill would require health benefit plans to provide coverage for biomarker testing for the purposes of diagnosis, treatment, appropriate care management, or ongoing monitoring of an insured's disease or condition when the testing is supported by medical and scientific evidence, and prohibit plans from charging higher premiums based on results of biomarker testing. | Support | Passed First Reading and Referred to Committee On Rules and Operations of the Senate (5/7/2025) | Contact your representative to ask them to support this legislation | https://www.commoncause.org/find-your-representative/ | |
| 2025 | North Carolina | Fertility Preservation | Legislation | https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookup/2025/H744 | H 744 - Fertility Preservation Pilot Program | This bill would establish a Fertility Preservation Pilot Program to assist individuals whose future fertility is in jeopardy as a result of a cancer diagnosis or cancer treatment with obtaining any combination of in vitro fertilization (IVF) or intrauterine insemination (IUI) services; fertility preservation services; or fertility storage services, as appropriate. | Support | Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations (4/3/2025) | Contact your representative to ask them to support this legislation | https://www.commoncause.org/find-your-representative/ | |
| 2025 | North Carolina | Fertility Preservation | Legislation | https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookup/2025/hb%20635 | H 635 - Increase Access to Fertility Treatment | This bill would required large insured group health plans to provide coverage for fertility diagnostic care, fertility treatment, and fertility preservation services. | Support | Referred to House Committee on Health (Serial Referral To Finance Stricken 4/17/2025) | Contact your representative to ask them to support this legislation | https://www.commoncause.org/find-your-representative/ | |
| 2025 | Ohio | Access to Care | Legislation | https://ohiohouse.gov/legislation/136/hb33 | OH HB33 - Require insurance coverage for certain prostate cancer screening | This bill would require health insurers to cover preventivescreenings for certain men at high-risk fordeveloping prostate cancer. | Support | Held third hearing in Insurance Committee (11/18/2025) | Contact your representative to ask them to support this legislation | https://www.commoncause.org/find-your-representative/ | |
| 2025 | Ohio | Biomarker Testing | Legislation | https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/136/hb8 | OH HB8 - Require health plan and Medicaid coverage of biomarker testing | This bill would require health benefit plans to cover biomarker testing ordered and deemed medically necessary by the qualified treating health care provider for diagnosis, treatment, or ongoing monitoring of a disease or condition. | Support | Held third hearing in Health Committee (4/30/2025) | Contact your representative to ask them to support this legislation | https://www.commoncause.org/find-your-representative/ | |
| 2025 | Pennsylvania | Access to Care | Legislation | https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/2025/hb281 | PA HB281 - An Act ... providing for coverage for prostate cancer screening. | This bill would require insurance coverage for prostate cancer screenings for individuals identified as being at average or high risk for prostate cancer. | Support | Referred to Insurance Committee (1/22/2025) | Contact your representative to ask them to support this legislation | https://www.commoncause.org/find-your-representative/ | |
| 2025 | Pennsylvania | Fertility Preservation | Legislation | https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/2025/hb922 | HB 922 - An Act ... providing for fertility preservation coverage. | This bill would require insurance coverage of fertility preservation for individuals less than 45 years of age who are at risk of iatrogenic infertility. | Support | Referred to Insurance Committee (3/17/2025) | Contact your representative to ask them to support this legislation | https://www.commoncause.org/find-your-representative/ | |
| 2025 | Washington | Fertility Preservation | Legislation | https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=1129&Chamber=House&Year=2025#documentSection | HB 1129 - 2025-26; An Act to provide IVF & Fertility Preservation | This bill would require health insurance companies to provide IVF & Fertility preservation to people who need it due to a cancer diagnosis. | Support | Referred to Appropriations (1/28/2025) | Send a comment on this bill to your legislators | https://app.leg.wa.gov/pbc/bill/1129 |