U.S. Senate · 119th Congress · S. 5004
Cancer Drug Parity Act of 2026
A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require a group health plan (or health insurance coverage offered in connection with such a plan) to provide for cost-sharing for oral anticancer drugs on terms no less favorable than the cost-sharing provided for anticancer medications administered by a health care provider.
- Sponsor
- Tina SmithD-MN
- Introduced
- July 15, 2026, in the Senate
- Issue areas
- Policy area
- Health (from the Congressional Research Service)
- Full text and actions
- congress.gov
Votes on this bill (0)
Neither the House nor the Senate has held a roll-call vote on this bill.
Cosponsors (4)
3 Democrats, 1 Republican. Each member is shown with the party they were counted with on the day they signed on. How we count these
Original cosponsors
- Jerry MoranR-KS
Signed on later
- Richard BlumenthalD-CTSeptember 14, 2026
- Jeff MerkleyD-ORSeptember 14, 2026
- Tammy BaldwinD-WISeptember 30, 2026