Des Moines, Iowa — A bill Governor Reynolds has signed into law has connections to her husband’s lung cancer treatment.
The law, which will go into effect July 1st, requires insurance plans to cover biomarker testing. The tests of blood or other genetic material helps doctors determine the best course of treatment for diseases like cancer. The governor’s husband, Kevin, was diagnosed with lung cancer last fall and had a biomarker test.
Reynolds made her remarks during a bill signing ceremony in her statehouse office this past week. A month ago Reynolds told reporters her husband, Kevin, is doing well and using a breakthrough immune therapy pill as part of his treatment plan.
