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Read. Follow. Verify.Ohio Senate Bill 313 requires health insurers and Medicaid to cover scalp cooling systems for cancer patients
Last action · November 5, 2025: Referred to MedicaidSponsor: Brian Chavez
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What This Bill Would Do
Ohio SB 313 requires health insuring corporations, sickness and accident insurers, public employee benefit plans, and the state Medicaid program to cover expenses related to scalp cooling systems for individuals undergoing cancer chemotherapy treatments. The bill enacts sections 1751.64, 3923.66, 3923.67, and 5164.11 of the Revised Code.
Patients receiving chemotherapy who have applicable health insurance plans or Medicaid will gain coverage for medical devices designed to prevent or reduce hair loss.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
individuals receiving cancer chemotherapy treatments
Eligible patients with qualifying health insurance plans or Medicaid will receive coverage for scalp cooling systems used to prevent or reduce hair loss.
health insuring corporations
Insurers must include benefits for scalp cooling systems in policies that provide coverage for cancer chemotherapy treatment.
Medicaid program
The program is required to cover scalp cooling systems for recipients undergoing cancer chemotherapy treatment.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
2 actions- Nov 5, 2025SenateCommitteeReferred to Medicaid
- Nov 4, 2025SenateIntroducedIntroduced
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance60How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy20Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz30Current news / social attention level
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