HR 1531 113th Congress House

Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2013

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

Introduced: August 2, 2013 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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Hospital careSurgery and anesthesiaWomen's health

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Jul 8, 2013

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

Apr 23, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Apr 12, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Apr 12, 2013

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.

Apr 12, 2013

Introduced in House

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Latest action July 8, 2013

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

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Breast Cancer Patient Protect Act of 2013 - 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

Education and Workforce Committee
House of Representatives
Energy and Commerce Committee
House of Representatives
Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Education and Workforce Committee
Health Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Ways and Means Committee
Health Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Energy and Commerce Committee
Ways and Means Committee
House of Representatives

Cosponsors 54

Clarke, Yvette D.

New York · Aug 2, 2013

Frankel, Lois

Florida · Aug 2, 2013

HINOJOSA, RUBEN

· Aug 2, 2013

Pocan, Mark

Wisconsin · Aug 2, 2013

Takano, Mark

California · Aug 2, 2013

FRELINGHUYSEN, RODNEY