US Congress House Bill 111 (Prior Session Legislation)

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February 25 2011 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.

Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2011

Rep DeLauro, Rosa L.	Rep Ackerman, Gary L.	Rep Aderholt, Robert B.	Rep Baca, Joe
Rep Baldwin, Tammy	Rep Barrow, John	Rep Barton, Joe	Rep Berkley, Shelley
Rep Berman, Howard L.	Rep Bishop, Sanford D., Jr.	Rep Bishop, Timothy H.	Rep Bordallo, Madeleine Z.
Rep Boren, Dan	Rep Braley, Bruce L.	Rep Brown, Corrine	Rep Capps, Lois
Rep Carson, Andre	Rep Castor, Kathy	Rep Chandler, Ben	Rep Chu, Judy
Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy	Rep Cleaver, Emanuel	Rep Clyburn, James E.	Rep Cohen, Steve
Rep Connolly, Gerald E. "Gerry"	Rep Conyers, John, Jr.	Rep Cooper, Jim	Rep Critz, Mark S.
Rep Cummings, Elijah E.	Rep DeGette, Diana	Rep Dicks, Norman D.	Rep Dingell, John D.
Rep Donnelly, Joe	Rep Edwards, Donna F.	Rep Ellison, Keith	Rep Engel, Eliot L.
Rep Farr, Sam	Rep Filner, Bob	Rep Frank, Barney	Rep Frelinghuysen, Rodney P.
Rep Fudge, Marcia L.	Rep Garamendi, John	Rep Gerlach, Jim	Rep Green, Gene
Rep Grijalva, Raul M.	Rep Gutierrez, Luis V.	Rep Hahn, Janice	Rep Hastings, Alcee L.
Rep Higgins, Brian	Rep Himes, James A.	Rep Hinchey, Maurice D.	Rep Hirono, Mazie K.
Rep Hochul, Kathleen C.	Rep Holt, Rush D.	Rep Israel, Steve	Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila
Rep Jackson, Jesse L., Jr.	Rep Johnson, Eddie Bernice	Rep Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr.	Rep Jones, Walter B., Jr.
Rep Kaptur, Marcy	Rep Kildee, Dale E.	Rep Kind, Ron	Rep Kissell, Larry
Rep Langevin, James R.	Rep Larsen, Rick	Rep Larson, John B.	Rep Lee, Barbara
Rep Levin, Sander M.	Rep Lewis, John	Rep LoBiondo, Frank A.	Rep Loebsack, David
Rep Lofgren, Zoe	Rep Lowey, Nita M.	Rep Maloney, Carolyn B.	Rep Markey, Edward J.
Rep McCarthy, Carolyn	Rep McDermott, Jim	Rep McGovern, James P.	Rep McIntyre, Mike
Rep Meeks, Gregory W.	Rep Miller, Brad	Rep Moore, Gwen	Rep Moran, James P.
Rep Murphy, Christopher S.	Rep Nadler, Jerrold	Rep Napolitano, Grace F.	Rep Neal, Richard E.
Rep Olver, John W.	Rep Pascrell, Bill, Jr.	Rep Pastor, Ed	Rep Payne, Donald M.
Rep Pingree, Chellie	Rep Price, David E.	Rep Rahall, Nick J., II	Rep Rangel, Charles B.
Rep Roybal-Allard, Lucille	Rep Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch	Rep Rush, Bobby L.	Rep Ryan, Tim
Rep Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho	Rep Sanchez, Linda T.	Rep Sarbanes, John P.	Rep Schakowsky, Janice D.
Rep Schiff, Adam B.	Rep Schmidt, Jean	Rep Schwartz, Allyson Y.	Rep Scott, David
Rep Serrano, Jose E.	Rep Sherman, Brad	Rep Slaughter, Louise McIntosh	Rep Smith, Adam
Rep Smith, Christopher H.	Rep Speier, Jackie	Rep Stark, Fortney Pete	Rep Sutton, Betty
Rep Towns, Edolphus	Rep Tsongas, Niki	Rep Van Hollen, Chris	Rep Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Rep Weiner, Anthony D.	Rep Welch, Peter	Rep Wilson, Frederica S.	Rep Woolsey, Lynn C.
Rep Wu, David	Rep Yarmuth, John A.	Rep Young, Don

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-02-25	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
2011-02-01	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2011-01-14	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2011-01-05	House	Referred to House Education and the Workforce
2011-01-05	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2011-01-05	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2011-01-05	House	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.

Type	Source
Summary	http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d112:HN00111:@@@L&summ2=m&
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112hr111ih/pdf/BILLS-112hr111ih.pdf