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HR 1294 99th Congress House Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Cancer Civil Rights and Liberties Discrimination in employment Health Labor and Employment

Cancer Patients Employment Rights Act

Introduced: February 27, 1985 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 6, 1985
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Jun 5, 1985
Executive Comment Requested from EEOC.
Mar 11, 1985
Referred to Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities.
Feb 27, 1985
Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Feb 27, 1985
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Cancer Patients Employment Rights Act - Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to make it an unlawful employment practice for an employer, employment agency or labor organization to: (1) require an employee or prospective employee with a cancer history to meet certain medical standards unrelated to job requirements; or (2) reveal any confidential medical information without consent.

Makes it an unlawful employment practice for an employer to fail to make a good faith effort to explore where reasonable accommodations may be made for an employee with a cancer history.

Provides that it shall not be an unlawful employment practice to fail or refuse to hire or to discharge an employee: (1) if the employer demonstrates no reasonable accommodation can be made; or (2) the employee is unable to perform the job safely.

Includes cancer history within the protections of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

What's happening now June 6, 1985

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 4
D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Dec 3, 1985
 D
Hoyer, Steny H.
Maryland · Jun 6, 1985
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Apr 22, 1985
 D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Mar 26, 1985
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1294: Cancer Patients Employment Rights Act. 99th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-1294/
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"H.R. 1294: Cancer Patients Employment Rights Act." 99th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-1294/.
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H.R. 1294, 99th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-1294/.
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