No group or blanket policy or contract of health insurance, or certificate issued thereunder which is delivered, issued for delivery, renewed, modified, altered, or amended in this State that directly or indirectly covers the treatment of cancer shall limit or exclude coverage for a drug approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration by mandating that the insured shall first be required to fail to successfully respond to a different drug or drugs or prove a history of failure of such drug or drugs; provided, however that the use of such drug or drugs is consistent with best practices for the treatment of stage 4 advanced, metastatic cancer or in the case of other cancers, the use of the drug is supported by national clinical guidelines, national standards of care, or for the treatment of the cancer, or in the case of targeted therapy, the target at issue.

81 Del. Laws, c. 180, § 2;

Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 3555B

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
  • United States: includes its territories and possessions and the District of Columbia. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302