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HR 2279 111th Congress House

Eliminating Disparities in Breast Cancer Treatment Act of 2009

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate contributing factors to disparities in breast cancer treatment through the development of a unifor… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate contributing factors to disparities in breast cancer treatment through the development of a uniform set of consensus-based breast cancer treatment performance measures for a 6-year quality reporting system and value-based purchasing system under the Medicare Program.

Introduced: May 6, 2009 Introduced by: Castor, Kathy Democratic · Florida See on congress.gov
Health CancerHealth care qualityHealth information and medical recordsMedicare
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Performance measurementWomen's health
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
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In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 8, 2009
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
May 7, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 6, 2009
Referred to House Energy and Commerce
May 6, 2009
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
May 6, 2009
Referred to House Ways and Means
May 6, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Latest action October 8, 2009

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Eliminating Disparities in Breast Cancer Treatment Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a breast cancer treatment quality performance system to: (1) assess and disclose publicly, through the use of quality measures, the quality of care provided for the treatment of breast cancer by specified health care providers; and (2) base payment to such providers for such treatment on their performance with respect to such measures.

Requires reduced payments to providers that either do not submit data in accordance with the reporting process in the system, or furnish low quality care for treatment of breast cancer.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 21
All 21 Democratic 17
D
Chu, Judy
California · May 18, 2010
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · May 18, 2010
 D
Doggett, Lloyd
Texas · Nov 2, 2009
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Oct 29, 2009
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Oct 29, 2009
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Oct 28, 2009
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Oct 27, 2009
 D
Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Oct 26, 2009
 D
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · Oct 21, 2009
 D
Matsui, Doris O.
California · Oct 15, 2009
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Oct 15, 2009
Space, Zachary
· Oct 15, 2009
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Oct 14, 2009
CHRISTENSEN, DONNA
· Oct 6, 2009
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Sep 17, 2009
Sestak, Joe
· Sep 10, 2009
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · Jun 2, 2009
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · May 14, 2009
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · May 6, 2009
Bordallo, Madeleine
· May 6, 2009
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · May 6, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2279: Eliminating Disparities in Breast Cancer Treatment Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2279/
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"H.R. 2279: Eliminating Disparities in Breast Cancer Treatment Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2279/.
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