For the purpose of prohibiting step therapy requirements for certain prescription drugs to treat advanced metastatic cancer and associated conditions. As used in this section:1. 'Associated conditions' means the symptoms or side effects associated with advanced metastatic cancer or its treatment and which, in the judgment of the health care practitioner, will further jeopardize the health of a patient if left untreated; and2. 'Advanced metastatic cancer' means cancer that has spread from the primary or original site of the cancer to nearby tissues, lymph nodes, or other areas or parts of the body.Added by Laws 2023, c. 81, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2023.
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