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HR 3295 113th Congress House

Eliminating Disparities in Breast Cancer Treatment Act of 2013

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: October 16, 2013 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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Oct 18, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Oct 16, 2013
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.
Oct 16, 2013
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 Latest action October 18, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Eliminating Disparities in Breast Cancer Treatment Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) 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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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3295: Eliminating Disparities in Breast Cancer Treatment Act of 2013. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-3295/
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"H.R. 3295: Eliminating Disparities in Breast Cancer Treatment Act of 2013." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-3295/.
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H.R. 3295, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-3295/.
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