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HR 383 106th Congress House Health Breast cancer Collective bargaining agreements Commerce Consumer education Employee health benefits Finance and Financial Sector Health insurance Health insurance industry Hospital care Labor and Employment Mastectomy Standards Surgery Women Women's health

Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act of 1999

Introduced: January 19, 1999 See on congress.gov
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Apr 12, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Mar 12, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Feb 3, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 19, 1999
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jan 19, 1999
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act of 1999 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended by the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999, and the Public Health Service Act, as amended by the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999, to require certain group health plans, and health insurance issuers providing coverage under a group plan, to ensure specified minimum coverage regarding: (1) breast cancer mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissections; and (2) secondary consultations by specialists. Prohibits: (1) changing coverage terms and conditions based on a participant's or beneficiary's decision to request less than the minimum coverage; and (2) certain penalties or incentives to providers or specialists. Amends: (1) the Public Health Service Act to apply the same requirements to health insurance issuers in the individual market; and (2) the Internal Revenue Code to apply those requirements to group health plans.

What's happening now April 12, 1999

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 6
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 5 Republican 2 Independent 1
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Calvert, Ken
California · Oct 28, 1999
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · May 26, 1999
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · May 6, 1999
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Apr 27, 1999
 R
Graham, Lindsey
South Carolina · Apr 12, 1999
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Apr 12, 1999
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Apr 12, 1999
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Apr 12, 1999
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 383: Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act of 1999. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-383/
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