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HR 111 112th Congress House

Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2011

Official title: To require that health plans provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection for the treatment of breast… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To require that health plans provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection for the treatment of breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations.

Introduced: January 5, 2011 Introduced by: DeLauro, Rosa L. Democratic · Connecticut See on congress.gov
Health CancerEmployee benefits and pensionsHealth care costs and insuranceHealth care coverage and access
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Feb 25, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Feb 1, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 14, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 5, 2011
Referred to the Committee on Energy and 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 5, 2011
Introduced in House
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 Latest action February 25, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Breast Cancer Patient Protect Act of 2011 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code to require a group or individual health plan that provides medical and surgical benefits to ensure that inpatient (and in the case of a lumpectomy, outpatient) coverage and radiation therapy are provided for breast cancer treatment. Prohibits such a plan from: (1) restricting benefits for any hospital length of stay to less than 48 hours in connection with a mastectomy or breast conserving surgery or 24 hours in connection with a lymph node dissection, insofar as the attending physician, in consultation with the patient, determines such stay to be medically necessary; or (2) requiring that a provider obtain authorization from the plan for prescribing any such length of stay.

Requires such a plan to: (1) provide notice to each participant and beneficiary regarding the coverage required under this Act; and (2) ensure that coverage is provided for secondary consultations.

Prohibits a health plan from taking specified actions to avoid the requirements of this Act.

Allows a health insurance issuer that provides individual health insurance coverage to nonrenew or discontinue an individual's coverage based on the intentional concealment of material facts regarding a health condition related to the condition for which coverage is being claimed.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 6
 Cosponsors 59
All 59 Democratic 34 Republican 2
D
Wilson, Frederica S.
Florida · Dec 12, 2012
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Aug 2, 2012
LOBIONDO, FRANK
· Oct 4, 2011
FRELINGHUYSEN, RODNEY
· Sep 22, 2011
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Apr 6, 2011
CUMMINGS, ELIJAH
· Feb 8, 2011
GUTIERREZ, LUIS
· Feb 8, 2011
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Jan 25, 2011
Tsongas, Niki
· Jan 25, 2011
 R
Aderholt, Robert B.
Alabama · Jan 12, 2011
 D
Chu, Judy
California · Jan 12, 2011
 D
Garamendi, John
California · Jan 12, 2011
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Jan 7, 2011
GREEN, GENE
· Jan 6, 2011
ACKERMAN, GARY
· Jan 5, 2011
BACA, JOE
· Jan 5, 2011
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Jan 5, 2011
BARTON, JOE
· Jan 5, 2011
BERKLEY, SHELLEY
· Jan 5, 2011
BERMAN, HOWARD
· Jan 5, 2011
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Jan 5, 2011
Boren, Dan
· Jan 5, 2011
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Jan 5, 2011
 D
Castor, Kathy
Florida · Jan 5, 2011
Chandler, Ben
· Jan 5, 2011
 D
Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Jan 5, 2011
 D
Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · Jan 5, 2011
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Jan 5, 2011
Donnelly, Joe
· Jan 5, 2011
 D
Himes, James A.
Connecticut · Jan 5, 2011
 D
Hirono, Mazie K.
Hawaii · Jan 5, 2011
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Jan 5, 2011
 D
Larsen, Rick
Washington · Jan 5, 2011
 D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Jan 5, 2011
LEVIN, SANDER
· Jan 5, 2011
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Jan 5, 2011
LOWEY, NITA
· Jan 5, 2011
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jan 5, 2011
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Jan 5, 2011
Miller, Brad
· Jan 5, 2011
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Jan 5, 2011
 D
Murphy, Christopher
Connecticut · Jan 5, 2011
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Jan 5, 2011
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Jan 5, 2011
OLVER, JOHN
· Jan 5, 2011
PAYNE, DONALD
· Jan 5, 2011
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Jan 5, 2011
 D
Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Jan 5, 2011
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Jan 5, 2011
 D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · Jan 5, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 111: Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2011. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-111/
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"H.R. 111: Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2011." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-111/.
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H.R. 111, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-111/.
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