Rep. Linda Featherston enters bill to eliminate step therapy for stage 4 breast cancer patients

Representative Linda Featherston of House District 16 told the committee she was appearing "on behalf of the Susan G. Komen Foundation, women diagnosed with stage 4 metastatic breast cancer, and most especially my friend Robin who passed from this terrible disease." Featherston introduced 26RS2658, a request to eliminate step-therapy requirements for patients with stage 4 metastatic breast cancer so they may proceed directly to the physician-determined best-practice treatment.

The chair asked if there was any objection to entering the bill request; none was voiced and the chair entered the bill. Committee members did not engage in extended debate on the measure during the meeting. The transcript does not record specifics about implementation, eligibility or fiscal impacts; those details will be available when the bill text is filed and scheduled for a hearing.